The feeling of being watched was so clear that Ruan Mingxuan simply gave up pretending to be asleep, opened her eyes, turned over, and sat up.
When the thing saw that she dared to open her eyes, it grinned even wider.
It stared longingly at Ruan Mingxuan, its mouth practically drooling.
"Wait for me, I'll catch you and eat you." A strange, delirious voice rang out.
It looked at Ruan Mingxuan as if she were fish on a chopping board.
Ruan Mingxuan felt her heart pounding. She dared not dodge or back down, because if she did, she would show weakness and this thing would take her even closer.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night; she is prepared to confront this thing all night long.
This thing will disappear as soon as it gets light.
Ruan Mingxuan remembered something, and pulled out the amulet that Mingzhuo had given her from under her pillow. Then she pulled out another amulet from under the pillow.
This spring, she went with Nguyen Minh Anh to a temple in the mountains to pray for Minh Cho. While wandering around the back of the mountain alone out of boredom, she met a Taoist priest.
The man looked suddenly enlightened and said, "Little girl, you've grown so much!"
He gave Ruan Mingxuan a talisman and said, "Take this and put it in your pillow when you go back to sleep. Sigh, I hope you'll never need it."
Ruan Mingxuan was puzzled at the time, wondering why the other person seemed to know her, but she didn't feel like she had seen the other person somewhere before.
Back in the lab, it suddenly dawned on me that it looked like a Taoist priest I had met when I was a child.
But she couldn't remember where she met him or what happened; she only knew that the person was trustworthy.
Now that some of her forgotten memories have been recovered, she realizes that the Taoist priest was the benefactor she met when she was a child.
When they were in the Free State, her mother took her and her older sister to visit a well-known local witch.
The witch said, "I don't understand your Eastern demons and gods. I only know that something bad has been troubling you, and someone has stepped in to help you, at a great cost. In your Eastern terms, you have a benefactor in your life."
If there really is a benefactor, then it must be that Taoist priest.
Although she didn't understand why the witch said the Taoist priest had paid a heavy price.
The white figure in front of her seemed somewhat afraid of the talisman in her hand, and her smile gradually turned cold.
It seemed to be completely enraged, and its body grew larger and larger until it reached the ceiling.
Ruan Mingxuan's heart tightened, and she immediately felt something was wrong. She remembered that at the end of her childhood dream, she was swallowed whole by a giant white shadow!
It will eat itself no matter the cost!
Ruan Mingxuan took the two talismans and hurriedly left the dormitory.
The white figure, dragging its massive body, seemed to have difficulty moving. It took it quite a while to emerge from the dormitory and catch up.
The security guard was asleep again, as if he had been hypnotized. Ruan Mingxuan banged on the glass window for a long time, but there was no response.
All around was silent; it seemed that even the last sound of human voices had disappeared sometime during the night.
This was clearly abnormal, so Ruan Mingxuan gave up asking the security guards for help and turned to run away.
Just now, by the light of the lamp, she saw an address on the talisman the Taoist priest had given her. It was such a coincidence that the address was on a nearby mountain!
All around was silent. Ruan Mingxuan could only hear the rapid beating of her own heart... No, not just the beating of her heart, but also a sound that followed her like a shadow!
The monster is catching up!
Ruan Mingxuan prayed desperately in her heart, "Taoist priest, please save me quickly!"
Just then, a person suddenly appeared on the mountain path ahead. Ruan Mingxuan looked closely and saw that it was the Taoist priest!
He was probably in his thirties, but perhaps because he was a Taoist practitioner, he didn't look old. He had the charm of a mature man and naturally inspired trust.
He looked at the flustered Ruan Mingxuan and sighed, "Climbing the mountain late at night, looks like you've run into big trouble."
Ruan Mingxuan, still shaken, stood beside him, crying out, "Something's chasing me! Taoist priest, save me!"
They turned and looked back at the mountain path they had come from.
The white shadow drew closer, and the Taoist priest flicked his whisk, "You wicked creature, stop now!"
The moment he made his move, Ruan Mingxuan's expression changed slightly. She turned her head sharply to look around, as if she had just come to her senses, and then turned her gaze to the Taoist priest's back.
"Now!" Ruan Mingxuan acted without hesitation, using a grappling technique to pin down one of his arms, causing his whisk to fall to the ground.
This turn of events caught the man off guard. He asked kindly, "What's wrong with you?"
Ruan Mingxuan sneered: "You went to great lengths to get close to me and gave me that talisman. What exactly were you trying to do? Did you tamper with that talisman? Did you put hallucinogenic chemicals on it, which is why I keep seeing strange white shadows?"
She was a staunch materialist, and after analyzing the strange events happening around her, she could only come to one conclusion: the so-called benefactors were actually evil people.
Why are you targeting me? What's our relationship?
The man was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "You are not Ruan Mingxuan."
"I am."
“No, you’re not,” the man said firmly. “Ruan Mingxuan is timid and afraid of ghosts, but you’re not afraid of anything and even dare to play along. You’re quite bold.”
"But you've miscalculated one thing: ghosts really do exist in this world!"
As he finished speaking, Ruan Mingxuan felt as if someone was standing behind her, their cold breath brushing against her neck.
She was startled. In that instant, the man had seized the opportunity, swiftly counterattacked, and snatched the two talismans from her body.
He took out Mingzhuo's amulet and said with a smile, "With this, as long as you don't come to me willingly, the ghost messengers I sent can't do anything to you. But you just had to be clever and come to me."
Ghosts are afraid of this amulet, but he is human, so naturally he is not afraid.
The man smiled eerily: "Without this talisman, let's see how you escape from my grasp."
Ruan Mingxuan felt the aura behind her growing colder and colder. If this was an illusion, it was too real.
She took pepper spray and a fruit knife with her when she left, and with her skills, she was more than capable of dealing with an adult male.
Ruan Mingxuan didn't want to use a fruit knife unless absolutely necessary, lest she have trouble explaining things to the police.
But having come this far, she no longer had any reservations.
The man's smile grew even more smug when he saw the fruit knife and pepper spray she had taken out.
"I advise you to give up as soon as possible to avoid suffering," he gently advised. "You're so beautiful, why get yourself all injured?"
Ruan Mingxuan made a sudden move, locking onto the man in front of her without even glancing behind her.
The man smiled knowingly. "I've already told you there are ghosts in this world, why don't you believe me?"
"Like an ant trying to shake a tree, it's overestimating its own strength!" He shook his head and sighed as he retreated.
The thing behind Ruan Mingxuan seized the opportunity and suddenly opened its huge mouth—
At the critical moment, a peach wood sword flew by and cleaved the thing in two.
"Are you talking about yourself?" Mingzhuo recalled the peach wood sword, and at the same time, another white figure landed beside Ruan Mingxuan.
Ruan Mingxuan was startled and subconsciously pressed the chili water on the person next to her.
Xianze: "..."
This burning sensation, it must be love!
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