Tan Yiman: "Someone is hiding something."

Yu Ling: Is this phrase "there's a ghost" referring to me?

Shouldn't we hurry up and seize control of the conversation? Thinking this, Yu Ling stepped forward, bypassing the crowd, and spoke up:

"Yiman, who are these people with you? I haven't seen them before when we arrived."

Tan Yiman replied, "Just like you, I was on an expedition and got trapped. Someone asked me to rescue them."

Yu Ling had already guessed something, and these were obviously just idle chatter to buy time. After all, they would definitely stop fighting once it got light. She then suggested that everyone go out together so they could chat on the way.

Although Tan Yiman is capable, she is clearly not the leader of the team now. She also felt that it was better to keep a close watch on Yu Ling, who could freely roam the human world, and turned her attention to the muscular man in the baseball cap.

"May I?"

"Of course, it's more lively with more people."

As the group grew larger, they talked more. Both sides gave brief self-introductions and exchanged their observations and experiences from the trip. Yu Ling's concern about "people and ghosts" was naturally ignored by everyone.

The female lead also resumed her usual silence.

During the conversation, it was learned that the man in the baseball cap and the cute little girl were a couple, while the well-behaved man and the sexy mature woman were a couple. Both couples had come to this place because they were running away from home, intending to go back after their families gave in, but...

Then you won't be able to get out.

Fortunately, the family in the baseball cap knew a master who found the female lead through various channels. Thus, Tan Yiman's exorcism plan came about today. Originally, she only dealt with ghosts that were clinging to people and were very close to them, such as Yu Ling.

Ji Hongxi understood. It turned out that it wasn't a haunted house adventure driven by curiosity like his. It was probably just a local resident who randomly picked an abandoned house and went inside.

He asked casually, "So which villa are you trapped in? We came to scout the place but didn't see you."

Baseball cap: "It's that villa number 11 inside."

"Oh, the 11... the 11th—!" Ji Hongxi exclaimed again, "You're on the 11th? Where were we before?!"

The group started to recount the events, one after another. Yu Ling remained silent, but Tan Yiman, who hadn't been there before, understood from the ghost's abilities and offered a friendly reminder: "You must have mistakenly entered Villa No. 44. It's okay, you won't encounter any danger if you come during the day next time."

Ji Hongxi: I don't want to go back at all, okay?

Since we're already out here, there's no point in discussing these things now; it would only cause more trouble. Nobody wanted to dwell on this bizarre journey, so everyone changed the subject.

After Tan Yiman finished speaking, she glanced at Yu Ling again.

If this powerful ghost makes a move, number 44 will likely be taken over by other new ghosts.

“However, you…” Tan Yiman said, leaning closer as if she wanted to say something to Yu Ling.

Then, failing to organize his thoughts, he hesitated to speak, then hesitated again, and finally swallowed his words back.

"What's wrong with me?" Yu Ling can use a mental link to transmit her voice directly through her soul, which is not much different from a Taoist's ability to transmit voice over a thousand miles. She said, "You can transmit your voice if you want to say something, but let's skip the fight. You seem to have used up a lot of energy. Let's arrange it another time."

"No, what I meant was... you seem to be becoming more like a human being."

This was sent back by Tan Yiman.

Does it look more human now?

It might be the effect of the breath-gathering necklace.

Yu Ling's cultivation method of ghost cultivation can restrain the yin energy in her body, preventing it from affecting humans like other ghosts. In addition, the cultivation method has the effect of reshaping the soul. With the addition of the necklace, she is naturally more similar to humans than other ghosts in this world.

"Oh? Will this make you let me go?" Yu Ling liked to look at the other person when she spoke, even if it was just through telepathy, her body getting closer and closer to Tan Yiman. "Speaking of which, do you Taoists have any methods to bring ghosts back to life?"

Hearing Yu Ling's words, which sounded mostly like a joke, Tan Yiman pondered seriously for a long time before replying, "No, this is the last time... Not all ghosts can be resurrected. Only half-ghosts with remaining physical bodies have a higher success rate of resurrection, but the conditions are very strict."

“After you return to life, you will be human, no longer belonging to the category of ghosts. I will no longer interfere, and I may even help you.” She added, “But your ghostly power is clearly very strong, allowing you to survive in ghost form for a long time. Why do you suddenly want to be human?”

I didn't want to be human, it's just that the side quest discriminated against ghosts!

Yu Ling's ghost cultivation method was originally intended to break free from the constraints of humanity, overcome self-imposed limitations, and become stronger. There was no way to cultivate back to human form, so she could only look for similar methods in this world.

She was just saying it casually, but she didn't expect the female lead to be so easy to talk to.

"What's the point of living so long? To be an enemy of humanity? To be beaten up by righteous Taoists like you every day?" Yu Ling, pretending to be kind, naturally went along with the other party's words, "I do need your help. Could you... help me check how to revive someone with two souls in one body?"

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

Yu Ling, without any backbone, was "turned" to the enemy.

The female lead is so kind!!!

You are the best lead actor I have ever seen!

[Host, where did we get our physical bodies?] The ghost-afraid system had been AFK the whole time, even blurring its own image while spectating. It only dared to show itself after everything was over.

"Don't we still have blank character cards?" Yu Ling was in a good mood and didn't care about the system's silly remarks. She thoughtfully explained, "Once the female lead finds a method, we can create characters according to her requirements."

The rewards from the main god's side quests are amazing!

The blank character card helped Yu Ling complete these contradictory side quests, and then she got the new side quest reward. It seems that good stuff really does come from completing side quests; those items in the system shop...

Oh!

It's a long story!

Having reached a friendly agreement with the female lead, Yu Ling was happy and a smile appeared on her face, making her seem out of place among the group of people who had been ravaged by the villa.

However, the original owner of this body naturally had smiling lips, just like the female lead's emotionless face. She was born with this expression and no one else noticed anything wrong with it.

With more people around, they started chatting, and the road wasn't difficult to navigate. Soon, they found the car that Ji Hongxi had abandoned in the bushes, along with their motorcycles.

The man in the baseball cap and his companions, presumably having someone to pick them up, politely declined Ji Hongxi's offer to share an extra ride. The group had a brief reunion before quickly parting ways, with the female lead leaving with the other party.

Yu Ling didn't care. With Tan Yiman's personality, she didn't need to keep asking. As long as there was news, she would definitely come to tell her.