Chapter 172 The Heavenly Snow Lotus Aims for Immortality 2
I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest.
"Who?" He turned around abruptly, but saw nothing. The space behind him was empty, yet the chilling coldness still lingered.
His gaze returned to the mirror, and he saw that the red shadow was no longer in his pupils.
Don't tell him it's just your eyes playing tricks on you.
Que Heyu didn't realize he was already old and blind at such a young age. Thinking about the strange things that had happened in his courtyard in the past few days, and considering that they all happened after he returned from the snow mountain, he immediately concluded that he had brought something back with him.
Is it a vengeful ghost in red?
But regardless of whether it was true or not, she had to disappear. Que Heyu would never allow an uncontrollable being to exist around him. In that instant, his eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of murderous intent flashing within them.
Soon, his men received an order to find a master to exorcise the ghost.
Hong Kong people have a strong belief in feng shui and superstition. They'd rather believe it than not, so masters are quite popular here, especially the really good ones. Famous masters can charge tens of millions for a single appearance.
The person Que and Yu invited was the most famous Taoist priest Chunyang.
Zhang Xuelian looked at the old man, raising an eyebrow. Undeniably, she sensed a threatening aura emanating from him, one that didn't emanate from spiritual energy. She was curious how someone without spiritual energy could create such a sense of threat in her.
However, those talismans and mysterious arts alone wouldn't be enough to detect her presence. A hint of arrogance flashed across Zhang Xuelian's face; after all, she was a demon, not a ghost. A person becomes a ghost only when they die and harbor resentment, but she carried not a trace of resentment.
So, Master Chunyang strolled around the courtyard, but found nothing. He frowned and said, "Young Master Que, I haven't found any trace of ghosts or monsters here. On the contrary, the feng shui here is exceptionally good, and the aura is exceptionally clean." Wealthy families are very particular about feng shui. As the largest family in Hong Kong, how could the Que family not have consulted a master? Ghosts and monsters generally cannot enter this place.
Que Heyu stared at him dangerously. "So you mean I'm overthinking things?" What's so great about Master Chunyang? He's nothing special. Don't tell him that the inexplicable thunder and the strange things happening around him are all signs of mental problems.
He was perfectly conscious.
Looking at the expression on his face, Master Chunyang guessed what he was thinking even though he didn't know what he was thinking. He said helplessly, "If what you said is true, and I didn't notice her, there are only two possibilities: either the ghost is very powerful and I can't detect it, or she is not a ghost."
"But whichever it is, she doesn't seem to have any hostility towards you, otherwise you wouldn't be alive today." He couldn't even detect her presence; if she really wanted to harm him, it would be easy for her.
Que Heyu: "So I'm supposed to pretend nothing happened, pretend she doesn't exist?" He thought his head must be rusted and gone crazy.
Who wants a ticking time bomb next to them, especially one they can't control?
Master Chunyang knew this would be hard to accept, but thinking about the money he had received, he thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I have a mirror here that I don't know where it came from. It has a certain effect on suppressing ghosts and monsters. You can take it with you and try it out." As he spoke, he took a mirror off his person and handed it over.
Anyway, this thing is useless to him. If it can get him through this, then it's worth the money.
Only Zhang Xuelian, upon seeing this, could no longer maintain her detached, detached expression. Her eyes widened as she exclaimed, "A demon-revealing mirror! How could he have a demon-revealing mirror?"
It's called the Demon-Revealing Mirror, so you can imagine it's a weapon against demons. Although Zhang Xuelian had never seen what the Demon-Revealing Mirror looked like, the familiar sense of threat it evoked, even if it wasn't actually a demon-revealing mirror, still had a suppressive effect on demons.
She was getting angry. All she wanted to do was use the Chosen One to boost his morale and scare him, right? Why bring out such a powerful artifact?
Regardless of where that artifact came from—how could it possibly exist in this world?—it is true that she cannot leave.
Previously, she couldn't go out because she was afraid of being struck by heavenly lightning. However, if she wanted to go out, with the chosen one of destiny blocking her way, she could still do so. But now, as soon as she leaves Que Heyu's consciousness, the aura emanating from this demon-revealing mirror is enough to overwhelm her.
At best, it can cause dementia; at worst, it can lead to the death of one's soul.
Zhang Xuelian couldn't help but get angry just thinking about it. Did he think she was helpless? She was relying on the system now; as long as she had a constant stream of emotional points coming in, what couldn't she do?
He thought a mere demon-revealing mirror could stop her.
After Master Chunyang left, she glanced at her scattered emotional points that had risen to 30,000, gritted her teeth, and spent 10,000 to exchange for a paper doll.
She was a good demon; she wouldn't do anything like murder or arson. She just wanted to scare people. Soon, the paper figure transformed into a tall, slender beauty, at least from behind. However, from the front, she had no face.
A blank space, no eyes, no eyebrows, no mouth. Zhang Xuelian glanced at it and felt that something was missing. After thinking for a moment, she decided to add a lantern.
A paper figure carrying a lantern, especially at night, must be quite frightening, right?
This time, she took pity on her and didn't block the surveillance camera.
That very evening, a servant saw a woman carrying a lantern walking in the courtyard. She was dressed in clothes that didn't seem to belong to this era; her retro attire made people very wary.
Wu Ma was also delivering hangover soup to the drunken second young master late at night, and also bringing a tonic soup to the eldest young master, which is why she arrived at Yuxuan Courtyard so late.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, she saw a woman carrying a lantern. Although she didn't know when the young master's courtyard had changed its decor, she thought that she still needed to deliver hangover soup to the second young master, and it wouldn't be good to be late, so she called out to her, "Hey, you in front, could you help me deliver a bowl of soup to the young master?" Normally, it was just helping to carry a bowl of soup, nothing big, so Wu Ma didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But who would have thought that turning around would reveal a faceless one? In that instant, a scream of terror echoed through the Jade Pavilion courtyard, "Ahhhhh, a ghost!" Wu Ma's eyes rolled back, and she fainted, spilling the soup she was carrying with her. The earthenware pot shattered, making a sound like breaking ceramics.
The commotion immediately caught the attention of the patrolmen, and then the group saw the faceless woman carrying a lantern. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and couldn't say a word. They could only watch helplessly as she walked into the darkness and disappeared.
"A ghost!" A wave of terror and lingering fear swept through the crowd.
Zhang Xuelian was a little disappointed that he hadn't taken the route he was supposed to take earlier. It was a pity he missed seeing the show, but he could see the same thing from the surveillance footage.
Thinking of this, her mood gradually improved. It was just a pity that these people's emotional points were useless to her, otherwise she would have found it much easier to collect emotional points.
Que Heyu received the message and arrived within ten minutes. When he saw the surveillance footage, his expression did not change. Only when he saw the woman with the lantern turn around and see that faceless face did he feel a shock.
[Horror Level +10000]
Since returning from the snow mountain, more and more things have been happening in his yard.
Looking at the emotional points that had been deposited into her account, Zhang Xuelian thought, "It's barely acceptable. At least I didn't lose money." Did he think she was helpless with the Demon-Revealing Mirror? She had plenty of tricks up her sleeve.
Unfortunately, her emotional value is still too low, so she has to be very careful with it.
Que Heyu looked at the surveillance footage and the terrified security guards and servants. Although her heart was in turmoil, she remained calm and said, "What's the panic? It's just an illusion caused by a magnetic field problem. Have you ever seen a ghost without a face? It's one thing to have no head, no hands or feet, but no face? This is the first time I've ever seen one."
Regardless of where this faceless woman came from, or whether she is a ghost or not, at this point, it can only be that she is not.
If the people in the other courtyards found out his courtyard was haunted, who knows what they'd say? What if the old man listened to their slander and gave away his power to someone else?
So, those who needed to be appeased were appeased, and those who needed to be strict were strict, and the situation was quickly stabilized.
As for Wu Ma, he had her examined by his private doctor. She was just a little frightened and fainted, but she was fine, so he had her sent home directly.
"If she mentions what happened yesterday to you, just say she was mistaken."
Zhang Xuelian looked at him and said this, but it didn't disrupt his rhythm. She just appeared on the sofa when he returned to his room.
However, she kept a distance of several meters at all times, for fear that the demon-revealing mirror would affect her.
Perhaps because the paper figure wasn't breathing, Que and Yu didn't notice her at first, but they quickly realized she was breathing and their eyes were fixed on her.
He roughly understood why Wu Ma fainted from fright upon seeing her, and he also roughly understood why the security guards were so terrified, because what was seen on the surveillance footage was somewhat different from what was actually seen.
There's a kind of inhuman rigidity to it, it's extremely eerie.
At that moment, Que and Yu's hearts skipped a beat, extremely violently.
[Horror Level +20000]
Looking at the emotional points she had gained, Zhang Xuelian couldn't help but feel a surge of joy, and her mood improved as she controlled the paper doll.
"Hehehe, you're back?" The faceless face cracked into an empty smile, making it look even more frightening.
Que Heyu tried his best to remain calm, watching the distance between her and him, and asked warily, "Who exactly are you? What do you want?" He guessed that this was because he had invited Daoist Chunyang to give him a warning that morning.
However, it seemed she could only scare him; judging from his recent experiences, she posed no immediate threat. Thinking this, his wildly beating heart gradually calmed down, but at the same time, a stronger murderous intent arose within him.
Zhang Xuelian was even happier as she watched the emotions points keep increasing. "Me? Guess! Hahaha!" Her voice was extremely nasty.
[Murderousness Value +5000]
[Murderousness Value +3000]
[Murderousness Value +10000]
In the end, the total balance was 80,000 emotion points.
The reason why the murderous intent value didn't continue to rise was because Que and Yu took out the demon-revealing mirror and directly made the paper figure disappear.
Only a paper figure the size of a palm remained, gradually drifting down to the ground.
"I will appear again."
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