Living people really need sleep.

It was almost noon when Jin Banwei woke up. She simply washed up, booked her tickets and lunch, and did some online shopping. Only then did she take out the bamboo strips and wicker paper she had bought last night.

Leng Xiangying didn't mention the danger of going there, but a place with so many ghosts couldn't be a good place no matter how you think about it.

She was going to prepare something to save her life.

Now she is at least a second-level paper-making artist, so there is no need for her to rely on Ren Qiao for everything.

Because there is a ghost in the house, Jin Banwei has become accustomed to only opening the curtains halfway, giving them enough space to avoid the sunlight. Ren Qiao is fine, but Chengying cannot get any sunlight at all.

Jin Banwei sat on the ground with all the props she needed placed in front of her. She first used a bamboo knife to cut the yellow paper into neat small squares, stacked them up one by one, and then used a red brush dipped in gold ink to draw ghost patterns on the paper.

While she was doing this, Ren Qiao sat beside her, with his back to the sun, watching her busy quietly.

The faint sunlight shines through the glass windows and falls on them, warm and cozy, all the beautiful words seem to be able to be applied to them, looking like a perfect match. Chengying huddles in a dark corner, her eyes gradually dimming.

She had learned her lesson, but not completely.

"Jin Banwei, take me to meet my parents."

The sudden sound in the room made Jin Banwei's hand pause. The place where the pen tip fell had been punctured, at least five pieces of yellow paper. Jin Banwei frowned and ignored Chengying.

Paper figures and talismans both require the blessing of ghost patterns. The more ghost patterns that are formed, the better the effect will be.

Jin Banwei is a beginner. Although she has the support of knowledge forcibly instilled by the system, she has just started and there are still many things that she is not used to. If Chengying speaks, it will kill her.

When drawing ghost patterns, it is important to do it in one go. If you stop, the energy gathered in the palm of your hand will be cut off.

A mass of air gradually gathered in her chest. She did not dare to speak. She just threw away the five sheets of yellow paper and started drawing on the remaining sheets of paper.

Jin Banwei ignored her. Chengying was about to speak again in dissatisfaction, but before she could, Ren Qiao was already behind her. Chengying felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. The bones on her back seemed to be freezing into ice bit by bit, and she felt a chill rising from her. She could not open her mouth at all, and her body was so stiff that she could not move.

Ren Qiao didn't know what Jin Banwei was doing. There were not many paper-making masters traveling in the world of the living. Over the years, the most common ones Ren Qiao had met were Taoists and people from ghost-catching families. There were not many paper-making masters, and she didn't know much about their methods. But she had Jin Banwei's blood in her body, and what she could sense was that the moment Chengying opened her mouth, Jin Banwei's steady breathing became disordered and rapid.

They were in a stalemate until Jin Banwei finished drawing the last piece of yellow paper. She put down her pen and rushed to the bathroom. As she stood at the sink, bright red blood was already overflowing from the corner of her mouth. She quickly lowered her head, and blood spurted out the moment she opened her mouth.

After spitting out the blood, the congestion in the chest also dissipated.

Jin Banwei breathed a sigh of relief. She cleaned the blood and prepared to complete the remaining steps.

As soon as she turned around, she saw Ren Qiao standing at the door, looking at her with a worried look on his face: "Xiao Jin, are you okay?"

Jin Banwei feels that the sense of belonging to a place does not come from how much you love that place, but from how many people in that place love you.

Only when you are loved and cared for will it feel like home.

Jin Banwei stepped forward, gently touched Ren Qiao's head, and smiled warmly: "Sister Gui, I'm fine."

Next time she would definitely draw the ghost patterns when there were no ghosts in the room.

Except Renqiao.

She took Ren Qiao's hand and returned to the position she had just been in. She immediately saw Cheng Ying shivering in the corner. She was not angry with Cheng Ying. After all, her words were not that harsh, and she herself had not made it clear to them not to speak.

"Chengying, you heard it last night. We are going to South City today. South City is not close. I am not a ghost, so I cannot float there. I will take the bus later. Can you get a number and queue up first? I will take you to meet your parents, but can we wait until tomorrow?"

Chengying glanced at Ren Qiao fearfully. She pinched herself tightly before speaking: "My home is in Nanshi."

This is quite a coincidence. I didn’t expect Chengying to be from Nanshi.

Jin Banwei agreed, and Chengying immediately turned into a ball of black mist and entered the umbrella, as if Ren Qiao would be able to kill her if she stayed a little longer.

"Sister Gui, Chengying seems to be afraid of you, too afraid."

"It's good that Xiao Jin isn't afraid of me."

"Of course I'm not afraid of Ghost Sister. I like Ghost Sister the most."

Ren Qiao was stunned by these casual words, his body stiffened, while Jin Banwei had already let go of Ren Qiao and returned to where she had just sat.

She carefully pasted the yellow papers with ghost patterns drawn on them onto the silver tinfoil, and used the tip of a bamboo knife to prick a thin cut on her right index finger. After blood oozed out, Jin Banwei quickly took out the folded yellow papers, flipped them with her fingers, and the yellow papers vibrated in her palms. Soon, there were faint red marks on each of them.

After Jin Banwei stopped, the bleeding also stopped.

"Sister Ghost." She handed half of the yellow paper to Ren Qiao, motioning Ren Qiao to spread out the yellow paper with her. After spreading it out, she pushed Ren Qiao to a cool corner, and then completely opened the curtains.

The pale golden sunlight poured onto every piece of yellow paper. The tin foil on the paper suddenly shrank when it came into contact with the sunlight, and finally shrunk into a silver "兵" character. The word "将" also appeared on a few pieces of yellow paper.

Ren Qiao asked, "What is this?"

"It's similar to the Taoist technique of throwing beans to create soldiers. In our paper-making art, this is called the art of borrowing Yin."

Jin Banwei was satisfied with the changes in the yellow paper, especially the one with the word "general" on it. Those were her life-saving weapons. Then she made some more paper figures. After dinner, she went to the station.

Nanshi was not very close, and by the time they arrived there, it was not long before nightfall. However, at Chengying's urging, they decided to go to her house first.

Nan City is not much inferior to City B and is also a very prosperous city. Chengying's home is in the most expensive area of ​​Nan City. She was indeed too arrogant and domineering, but she did have certain capital when she was alive.

Jin Banwei was originally still racking her brains over how she was going to get in, but there were always some coincidences that would happen quietly. As soon as they arrived near Chengying Community, they ran into her parents head-on.

Chengying smelled their scent and couldn't wait to get out from the umbrella. As soon as she came out, she was forced back into the umbrella by the sunlight. The weak ghost couldn't even resist the faint sunlight.

Jin Banwei suddenly felt very emotional. She still remembered how embarrassed she was when she was frightened by Chengying. After her horizons broadened, she realized that the things she feared in the past might not be so scary.

Jin Banwei took out a piece of bamboo paper and stuck it on the top of the umbrella. She bit her index finger and drew a half moon on the paper quite skillfully. She tapped the bamboo paper lightly and it disappeared into the umbrella. She opened the black umbrella, and when she raised it above her head, Chengying stood under it.

She is not strong enough now. This level of magic can only be used on objects and cannot be used directly on ghosts.

But this is already good, she helped Chengying meet her parents successfully.

Chengying's original name was Chen Yingying and she took her father's surname. Her father, Chen Weigun, was a businessman, and her mother, Hua Yunxiu, was also a businessman. Both husband and wife had their own companies. She was the only daughter, so she was naturally spoiled and developed a domineering personality.

Chengying's parents were not like Jiang Liyu who was plotted against by the monks of Ciwen Temple. They had enough Buddha nature in their bodies and could easily see Jiang Chuchu. They could not see Chengying, but they did not know why they appeared outside the community in simple clothes. The couple kept looking outside, as if they were waiting for someone to come.

They did not go closer, but just watched with Chengying not far away until the last ray of sunlight disappeared and dusk climbed up the sky. Just as they were about to leave, a taxi drove past them and stopped in front of Chengying's parents.

A girl in a goose yellow dress got off the car. She had fair skin, willow-shaped eyebrows and cherry lips. When she smiled, her eyes curved into crescents, which was very sweet.

Chengying's parents also smiled sweetly when they saw her. They surrounded the girl with their smiles. Chen Weigun took the girl's suitcase, and Hua Yunxiu held the girl's arm. The girl's voice was very bright and crisp, and she called them dad and mom.

Hearing the words "Mom and Dad", Chengying immediately rushed out from the umbrella.

Fortunately, dusk has fallen. Although it has not yet become completely dark, it will no longer hurt Chengying's soul.

Jin Banwei and Ren Qiao were afraid that Chengying would do something impulsive, so they hurriedly followed. However, unexpectedly, as soon as Chengying approached the girl, a ray of light emerged from the girl's body, and light green claws grabbed Chengying's face. The sharp claws seemed able to easily tear Chengying's soul. Chengying couldn't avoid it, and was about to be hit by the claws when a pair of hands grabbed her collar from the back and threw her out, and she herself faced the pair of claws.

"Are you okay?" Her soul that was thrown out was caught by a pair of hands.

The one who saved her was Ren Qiao, and the one who picked her up was Jin Banwei.

It was clear that they had a very bad attitude, and I didn't expect that I would have to wait for them to rescue me when I was in danger.

She was stunned: "Why save me?"

Jin Banwei felt even more confused. It seemed like they had saved the wrong person.

She helped Chengying stand steadily and asked her, "Shouldn't we save you?"

"You're fine, but your wife bullies me everywhere. She doesn't seem like such a kind ghost."

Ren Qiao just happened to walk back, and she heard Cheng Ying's voice. Ren Qiao had been wandering for a hundred years and had heard even more unpleasant words. She didn't care what Cheng Ying said to her. Every time she got angry, it was because Cheng Ying was provoking Jin Banwei.

"Miss Chengying, if you say less about Xiao Jin, we can get along well."

Suddenly, a talisman cat emerged from the girl's body and attacked Chengying.

The talisman cat is not a real cat, but a method used by the sorcerer. The sorcerer draws a beast with blood, then leads the underworld into the painting, and asks the underworld beast to lend a soul. After granting life to the painting, the beast will come alive. Not only can the sorcerer draw cats, but also other animals.

They usually hide in the human body and appear to protect their owners when danger comes.

This is already a very powerful method of a sorcerer. If it is matched with a talisman, it is also a top-level talisman. There are very few people who can use it well.

The civet cat was a white cat, its fluffy and soft fur was pure white without any other color, and its eyes were emerald green, with its head held high, looking very proud.

It stood on the girls' shoulders and stared at them, its eyes cold and arrogant.

It must be smart enough to know that it is no match for Ren Qiao, so it did not act rashly.

Chengying looked at the cat, then at the girl, her eyes irritated enough to spit fire: "She is my best friend Bai Cheng."

Jin Banwei had some impression. She remembered Chengying said that the man who hit her to death was sent to prison by her best friend. She didn't know if it was the man in front of her.

Chengying's heart was full of questions at this moment. She didn't understand why Bai Cheng was calling her parents "Mom and Dad", and why her parents were so happy to see Bai Cheng. You know, they had never stood at the gate of the community waiting for her to come home before. Most of the time, they were too busy to be seen.

Chengying stared at Baicheng, his eyes gradually losing focus, confused, desperate, and miserable...

Before they could go forward to inquire, they saw Bai Cheng sending Chen Weigun and his wife into the community, and Bai Cheng himself actually walked straight towards them. Although she could not see Chengying, she could see Ren Qiao and Jin Banwei. Jin Banwei and Ren Qiao had been standing there for so long, and coupled with Ren Qiao's action of stepping forward to save Chengying just now, it was hard for others not to notice it.

What’s very strange is that there is a civet cat on Bai Cheng’s body, but she doesn’t understand yin and yang, and like Chen Weigun and his wife, she can’t see Cheng’s shadow.

As soon as she got close, her eyes were glued to Ren Qiao's face. She blushed nervously and rubbed her hands excitedly: "Sister, you are so beautiful."

"..." If she wasn't a sweet-looking girl, if there wasn't no evil in her eyes, Jin Banwei would think she was a disgusting pervert.

Jin Banwei immediately reached out and pulled Ren Qiao behind her, blocking Ren Qiao with her body, but Bai Cheng's eyes were soon attracted by Jin Banwei. She even reached out and touched Jin Banwei's head in a familiar manner, looking at Jin Banwei with great admiration: "Little sister, you are so beautiful too!"

Jin Banwei pushed Bai Cheng's hand away and stared at her with a defensive look.

Cheng Ying was about to go crazy, but Bai Cheng's actions after he came over made her unable to hold back her expression. Even her lips were trembling: "You're still such a nymphomaniac!"

The moment she spoke, Bai Cheng's smile froze and he couldn't help rubbing his ears: "Hey, am I hallucinating? I seem to hear Xiaoying's voice."

There was a hint of sadness in her eyes that was barely perceptible.

The sadness only lasted for a moment, and she began to admire the beauty intently again. She even pushed Jin Banwei: "Little sister, can you please stop blocking me? Although you are also very beautiful, I prefer to look at my sister."

Seeing that Jin Banwei refused to give way, she even stood on tiptoe to talk to Ren Qiao behind Jin Banwei: "Beautiful sister, what's your name? What's your birth date? I think you look a bit like me in my previous life..."

"Little Jin." Ren Qiao was not used to Bai Cheng's enthusiasm, while Jin Banwei was a little disgusted by Bai Cheng's enthusiasm. She didn't quite understand why people were always thinking about Ren Qiao wherever she went, first Jiang Nian, and then Bai Cheng.

She didn't understand how fascinating Ren Qiao's current appearance was.

She only knew that these people were annoying because of their noise. Could it be that Bai Cheng came here just to hook up with Ren Qiao? Then this girl was too ambitious and too eager.

Jin Banwei protected Ren Qiao away from Bai Cheng: "Miss Bai Cheng came here on purpose, it's impossible that she just wanted to talk to my wife."

"Hey, is she your wife?" Bai Cheng's smile stopped, and a cold look appeared in his eyes: "But my cat said she is a ghost."

She couldn't see Chengying, but she could communicate with the civet cat, which made Jin Banwei very confused.

As soon as Bai Cheng finished speaking, he took advantage of Jin Banwei's distraction and quickly bypassed Jin Banwei and rushed towards Ren Qiao.

"Wait, we have no ill intentions! We are here on someone's behalf!"

Bai Cheng did not stop. Jin Banwei saw that there was a yellow talisman on Bai Cheng's palm. Although she knew that the possibility of the talisman hitting Ren Qiao was zero, she still instinctively wanted to stop Bai Cheng. It was too late for her to reach out. Jin Banwei kicked Bai Cheng on the calf with force.

Bai Cheng felt pain, staggered, and missed his aim.

The talisman in her hand flew out and she was about to lose her balance. Ren Qiao was a person who was easily moved by kindness, so she helped Bai Cheng up.

Bai Cheng raised his head and looked at Ren Qiao, smiling sweetly again: "Sister is so nice!"

She praised Ren Qiao with her mouth, but in her other hand there was another talisman which she pushed towards Ren Qiao.

"Be careful!" This time Jin Banwei had no time to take action. The talisman was indeed stuck to Ren Qiao's body and landed on her lower abdomen. Red liquid spread out from Ren Qiao's lower abdomen.

Jin Banwei thought it was blood and grabbed Bai Cheng's collar. Before her fist landed on Bai Cheng's face, Ren Qiao stopped her: "Xiao Jin, I'm fine."

The red liquid was not blood, but excessive yin energy that had condensed and turned into yin water. After sensing the strong yin energy, the talisman suddenly started burning and soon turned into ashes, and Ren Qiao's abdomen also returned to normal.

She was unharmed. Jin Banwei breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Ren Qiao: "I'm glad you're okay."

"Associating with ghosts, warlocks nowadays have no bottom line!"

Jin Banwei heard Bai Cheng's voice but ignored it. She raised her hand and touched Ren Qiao's lower abdomen again. After making sure that Ren Qiao was really fine, she let go of Ren Qiao and picked up the talisman that Bai Cheng dropped on the ground. This was an intermediate talisman - a fire gathering talisman, with three ghost patterns on it. Fortunately, Ren Qiao had a way to block it. If it had been stuck to Cheng Ying, her soul would have been burned out in an instant.

Bai Cheng curled his lips, and the smile disappeared from his eyes: "The helper Jiang Liluo found this time is very powerful. As a ghost, he is not even afraid of talismans."

Ren Qiao shook his head and said softly, "It's not that I'm not afraid of talismans, but Miss Bai Cheng, your talisman level is too low, and you are not a Yin-Yang magician, so you can't exert the full power of this talisman. Miss, you may have misunderstood, we don't know any Jiang Li Luo."

Bai Cheng's expression turned a little colder. She had never seen a ghost like Ren Qiao who was so unusually nice to living people, even to people who wanted to get rid of her.

But this cannot be a reason for her to retreat, she has to protect the important people.

She rubbed her arms, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes. Before Bai Cheng's hand touched the next talisman, the civet cat on her shoulder cried out, and a silver-white private car in front of Bai Cheng crashed into her at a very fast speed.

Bai Cheng was startled. The civet cat on her shoulder screamed even louder. Bai Cheng tried to hide, but it was too late.

She closed her eyes and waited for death to come, but the car did not hit her, but stopped in front of her. Leng Xiangying poked her head out from the passenger seat and looked at Bai Cheng with a faint smile: "Little sister, are you going to do it again? You should understand that if you met another ghost instead of Ren Qiao, you would have died many times. Although your talismans are quite powerful, you are too slow and you are not a warlock. No matter how hard you try, you can't hurt Ren Qiao. The most likely possibility is that you pissed off the little ghost standing next to her, and then the little ghost cut all your tendons, hollowed out your body bit by bit, and stuffed it with paper scraps to make a paper man."

Leng Xiangying's words not only frightened Bai Cheng so much that his face turned pale, but even Jin Banwei felt a little nauseous.

After Leng Xiangying arrived, the civet cat became more restless: "Meow meow meow."

Bai Cheng seemed to understand what the spirit cat was saying, his face changed drastically: "Are you a ghost messenger? Why are you helping the ghosts deal with my family?"

"Deal with your family?" Leng Xiangying frowned, her delicate lips curled up slightly: "I think you must have misunderstood. After all, it would be too easy for Ren Qiao to deal with your family. Now, let alone the living ones, even if you are dead, she can grab your soul and tear it into pieces."

Bai Cheng's face turned even paler. She covered her mouth, endured the churning of blood in her stomach, and looked at Ren Qiao and Jin Banwei warily.

Her body was shaking, but she refused to give in.

Leng Xiangying had no intention of continuing to communicate with her. She waved at Ren Qiao and Jin Banwei and smiled her brightest smile: "Get in the car!"

Ren Qiao nodded gently and quickly put Chengying into the umbrella.

Chengying's face was still grim when she was taken in. She was unwilling to leave like this, but she had no choice. Jin Banwei comforted her a little: "Don't worry, we will come again next time."

Hearing her say she would come again next time, Chengying got a little mad: "Why are you still here?"

Jin Banwei looked at her deeply: "Your family? They should be Chengying's parents."

She said she was going to take Ren Qiao and get in the car, Bai Cheng quickly stopped them: "Wait, do you know Xiaoying?"

Jin Banwei did not deny it. She was about to say something else when Leng Xiangying dragged her into the car. "Don't worry about her for now. If we don't hurry up, they will seal the barrier and we won't be able to get in."

Jin Banwei and Ren Qiao had just sat down when the car sped away. Only then did Jin Banwei see that it was Cheng Lanyi who was in the driver's seat.

She was a little resistant to Cheng Lanyi, so she pointed at Cheng Lanyi and said, "Officer Shen, is she going too?"

"Of course, it's very dangerous there. It's better to have more helpers to survive!" Leng Xiangying smiled softly, turned her head and asked Jin Banwei: "No kidding, it's super dangerous there. If you don't want to go, you can still regret it now."

Jin Banwei's expression became more serious. She pursed her lips and said, "Officer Shen, I had already guessed that it was dangerous, but I still understand the principle of seeking opportunities in danger. What's more, I have already prepared things to save my life. I have prepared both Sister Ghost and your share."

"I'm very touched." Leng Xiangying wiped her eyes and said in a serious tone, "You don't have to worry too much. Since I brought you in, I will definitely bring you out. Although I'm not strong enough, I have connections!"

Cheng Lanyi, who was driving, had a slight twitch in the corners of her mouth, and her fingers gripping the steering wheel began to turn white due to the force. She barely suppressed the urge to mock Leng Xiangying.

But I couldn't help but step on the accelerator to the bottom.

Jin Banwei felt that Cheng Lanyi would definitely be fined. She held Ren Qiao with one hand and the seat belt with the other, and began to feel a little dizzy.

Leng Xiangying patted Cheng Lanyi and said, "Drive slower. We still have to find a supermarket to buy some food for Banwei."

Cheng Lanyi finally slowed down her car. She glanced at Jin Banwei, whose lips were pale, through the rearview mirror and said nothing.

Jin Banwei finally recovered. She leaned on Ren Qiao and said weakly to Leng Xiangying, "Officer Shen, I'm not hungry yet."

"By the time you realize you're hungry, it's too late. We're going to a barrier, and the speed of time inside the barrier is different from that outside. A few hours in the barrier may be days outside. Generally, if the sorcerers who enter the barrier are not strong enough, they will prepare some food."

"You're so weak, let's prepare more, it's my treat!"

Leng Xiangying was as generous as ever. Jin Banwei glanced at Ren Qiao, who was leaning on her side, and moved her lips slightly: "Officer Shen..."

"Don't praise me, I'm very considerate, I know it!"

Her words were interrupted by Leng Xiangying, but she didn't want to praise Leng Xiangying. Jin Banwei wanted to ask Leng Xiangying how many days it would take.

She was not yet dizzy enough to lose her mind, and she clearly remembered that the experience card had an expiration date.

Jin Banwei took out her cell phone and took a look. It was now July 6th, and the experience card would expire on the 13th. What if the experience card expired while they were still in the barrier?

But she had to go there. The only way to become stronger quickly was to have the opportunity to come into contact with more ghosts.

She held the phone tightly and hugged Ren Qiao tightly: "Sister Gui, you won't leave me, right?"

"Yeah." Ren Qiao's answer was always firm, but it was a pity that this was all temporary. When the experience card expired, all the good dreams would be shattered.

Jin Banwei smiled bitterly and hugged Ren Qiao tighter and tighter.