Dong Yuanxiang managed a forced smile, and was about to tell Nan Yuanman to stop joking when she saw a wisp of black smoke emanating from the corner.

A doll dressed in a bright red dress walked out of the corner with stiff steps, her obsidian eyes glaring at Nan Yuanman with venomous and sinister intent: "You meddlesome, stinking celestial master! You're asking for death!"

Enraged, the red-clad doll transformed its Yin energy into dense threads, launching a direct attack towards Nan Yuanman.

Dong Yuanxiang stared wide-eyed in terror, her body limp on the ground from fright. "The baby... the baby is talking!"

Is she hallucinating?

Nan Yuanman snorted coldly and released Zhuangzhuang with a backhand: "Zhuangzhuang, beat her up!"

It's just a tiny evil spirit, yet it dares to spout such arrogant words.

Zhuangzhuang shot out like a cannonball, his ghostly energy transforming into blades that cleanly severed the dense threads of yin energy.

The two little devils started fighting right there in the dollhouse.

Nan Yuanman took out several talismans and threw them out. The talismans stuck to the shelf and emitted a faint golden light to protect the weak child spirits.

Her small figure stood like a towering mountain in front of Dong Yuanxiang and the other two, shielding them from the ghostly and yin energy emanating from the battle.

However, compared to the evil spirits that devoured evil ghosts to grow, Zhuangzhuang was weaker. He bit the evil spirit's arm, and her soul was kicked away.

Zhuangzhuang cried out for help: "I can't beat him, Master, save me!"

Nan Yuanman didn't hesitate; he immediately closed the door and released the dogs—or rather, Xiao Cao and Zhou Jingchuan.

Evil spirit: "??"

The evil spirit was furious: "You stinking exorcist! If you've got the guts, come and fight me one-on-one! What kind of skill is a gang fight!"

Damn it, she thought this underage little Taoist priest was easy to bully, but she didn't expect him to be playing dumb to fool her!

Which Taoist master has so many evil spirits by his side?

Nan Yuanman stood with his hands on his hips, his chin held high: "Why fight one-on-one when you can gang up on someone?"

Evil spirit: "..."

Evil spirit: "I'll pay the price!!"

Before she could even utter her foul language, Xiaocao and Zhou Jingchuan slapped her back.

The fierce battle, in which the evil spirit was being unilaterally beaten, subsided in just a few minutes.

Nan Yuanman took out the coffin-binding rope and threw it to Zhou Jingchuan, who quickly tied the evil spirit up: "Alright, Master, what's next?"

Nan Yuanman picked up the evil spirit with satisfaction, held it in his hand, and turned around to explain to Dong Yuanxiang.

But then Dong Yuanxiang's eyes widened and she screamed, "A ghost—!"

Then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Lou Yuqi: "!!!"

"Mom—!" He rushed over in a panic. Meng Qingwan quickly squatted down, picked up Dong Yuanxiang, and carried her to the sofa outside, while comforting Lou Yuqi.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. She just fainted from fright and will wake up in a bit."

Nan Yuanman touched the tip of her nose, feeling a little guilty, and followed them out.

Before leaving, she took out a purification talisman to cleanse the remaining ghostly and yin energy in the dollhouse.

Lou Yuqi, worried, moved a small stool over and sat down next to the sofa to watch over Dong Yuanxiang.

Dong Yuanxiang was unconscious for only a few minutes before waking up. When she saw the doll she was holding, she immediately remembered the eerie red doll with black aura that she had seen before she lost consciousness, and instinctively tried to throw it away as well.

"Hey! Auntie, don't throw it away!" Nan Yuanman stopped her in time: "There's no ghost in that doll!"

Dong Yuanxiang paused, looked at Nan Yuanman, and forced a smile that was more like a grimace: "This...this doll doesn't have one, so do the other dolls have one?"

She had previously seen online that people said dolls could attract ghosts and spirits, but she didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was just superstition.

After all, there are no ghosts in this world. Even if there are, they are very hard to see. How could they possibly possess those lifeless dolls on their own?

Today's events shattered her worldview.

Human-shaped dolls really do attract ghosts!!

“The other dolls don’t have them either.” Nan Yuanman shook her head, and before Dong Yuanxiang could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard her say, “But they have spirits.”

Dong Yuanxiang: "!!!"

Can you please stop panting so much when you talk?

She was absolutely terrified!

Her hand trembled slightly, and she immediately placed the doll on the sofa, leaping away to keep her distance. With an awkward smile, she asked, "What's the difference between a ghost and a spirit?"

Aren't they all products that don't exist in this world?

“Of course there’s a difference. Ghosts are people who have died, while spirits are born from your love,” Nan Yuanman said. “Just now, it was the spirit inside that doll who asked me to help you.”

Dong Yuanxiang was stunned.

The evil spirit bound by Nan Yuanman chuckled maliciously, looking at the rag doll she had tossed on the sofa with a malice in its eyes: "Look, look, you went to so much trouble to help her, but you still can't escape being abandoned by her out of fear?"

Dong Yuanxiang: "!!"

Dong Yuanxiang looked at the red-clad doll next to Nan Yuanman with a horrified expression, her brain still reeling from the shock.

Without saying a word, Nan Yuanman immediately put a mute talisman on her: "If you can't speak, then shut up!"

Evil spirit: "!!!"

Damn it, she's mortal enemies with the Taoist priests!

Nan Yuanman comforted her, "Auntie, don't be afraid. I've got her under control now, she won't hurt you."

Dong Yuanxiang slumped onto the sofa, clutching her chest, covered in cold sweat: "...Let me...let me catch my breath first."

That was so exciting!

Lou Yuqi thoughtfully poured her a glass of warm water.

After drinking the water, Dong Yuanxiang belatedly looked at Lou Yuqi and asked, "Why aren't you afraid?"

Lou Yuqi scratched his head: "It doesn't even look as scary as small flowers and grass, so why should we be afraid of it?"

Besides, isn't the boss there? The boss is so powerful, what is he afraid of?

Dong Yuanxiang: "..." So, the little flowers and grass her good son mentioned before were ghosts?!

After Dong Yuanxiang calmed down, Nan Yuanman explained in a few words how she discovered the doll was strange and why she came to their door.

Dong Yuanxiang looked terrified: "So, the reason my mother-in-law fell was all because of this child?"

Nan Yuanman nodded: "It's pretty close."

Meng Qingwan: "...It's almost certainly true."

Dong Yuanxiang gratefully thanked Nan Yuanman: "Thank you, little fairy. If it weren't for you, my family... Anyway, I'm really grateful to you."

Dong Yuanxiang now realized that her mother-in-law's sudden fall in the middle of the night, the computer that suddenly turned on and off by itself, and the doll that had been moved were all related to this red-clothed doll...

She couldn't even imagine what would have happened to their family if Nan Yuanman hadn't noticed the strangeness on the doll and hadn't rushed over after hearing that her mother-in-law had fallen.

After all, they are ordinary people who have never been exposed to such mystical things before.

Only her mother-in-law would occasionally go to the temple to burn incense or something.

Dong Yuanxiang suddenly remembered something, and her heart, which had been at ease, jumped again: "Does that mean that all the dolls produced by that doll shop are problematic?"

Wouldn't Jingjing be in danger too?! She's a huge fan of that dollhouse!

Dong Yuanxiang couldn't sit still any longer and hurriedly took out her phone to call her best friend Jingjing.

The phone rang several times but no one answered.

A sense of foreboding rose in Dong Yuanxiang's heart, and she asked Nan Yuanman for help: "Little fairy, can you come with me to Jingjing's house? I... I'm afraid something has happened to her."

“Okay.” Nan Yuanman nodded in agreement, then hesitated for a few seconds before adding, “She has to give me money afterwards, otherwise it won’t be good for you or her.”

The way she went to someone's door to ask for help was different from how she asked others to help. The money for the Lou family's matter could be offset by the doll that Dong Yuanxiang gave her, but Dong Yuanxiang had to pay her for the matter when she asked her to help.

Dong Yuanxiang nodded: "No problem!"

Nan Yuanman followed Dong Yuanxiang and her group to her best friend Gao Jingjing's house.

Half an hour later, the car drove into the underground parking lot of the residential complex where Gao Jingjing lived.

Just as the group was about to enter the elevator, they encountered several young couples.

A stylishly dressed woman noticed that Dong Yuanxiang had pressed the same floor button as her and asked curiously, "Are you also here to see the Goddess of Fertility?"

Meng Qingwan asked curiously, "The Goddess of Fertility?"