Chapter 1017 The Returnee's Notes 91
Ouyang Lin paused, then walked towards the old man who had called out, "Grandpa, we'd like to go upstairs to take a look. Can't we go up from here?"
"You young people are really something! It's all empty up there, what's there to see? Hurry up and leave, lest you attract something unclean and lose your life!"
This old man meant well; that place is eerie, only the most reckless would go up there.
He was puzzled. Why were so many young people going up there every day? One of the people who went in last time fell off the second-floor railing as soon as he came out. He didn't die, but he looked quite seriously injured.
"Sir, what's going on up there? Can you tell us about it?"
An old woman chimed in, "Women cry every night. Doesn't that scare people? If my family weren't poor, we would have moved away long ago."
"Yes, yes, that voice, it was so shrill when she cried!"
"No way, that's not what I heard."
"That's right, my window faces there. I hear it when I'm trying to sleep at night, it's terrifying. I'll have to go and ask Zhang Fu to come home and ward off evil spirits tomorrow."
"My house is right upstairs from yours, how come I didn't hear you?"
As they were talking, the old men started arguing. Seeing that they couldn't get any useful information out of them, Ouyang Lin took Xie Ning upstairs.
Go up to the second floor first. Since it's a connected commercial building, the second floor occupies a large area, and there's also a large open-air space.
The others are empty shops with signs advertising for rent or lease; judging by the faded state of the paper, they've probably been up there for a long time.
The location here is so bad that nobody comes here to do business.
Putting that aside, Xie Ning had just overheard some elderly people downstairs talking about ghost stories. Perhaps it really is a bit eerie, which is why the business people have all fled.
They were heading to the third floor, which was an abandoned movie theater. Even Xie Ning couldn't help but glance at these college students; their courage was truly commendable.
Normally, this abandoned movie theater is inaccessible, as it's locked up. But sometimes, the more eerie the place, the more people like to explore it. Besides these college students, other people have been inside before.
They discovered a cubicle in the abandoned open-air arcade connected to the movie theater that led directly to a cleaning room inside the theater, so that's how they got in.
As for why the compartment was opened even though it was locked, you can only ask the first person who went into the movie theater.
Xiao Fang and his friends went in based on a guide they found online. They saw it as an adventure, and since many people had already been there, they figured it would be fine for them too.
Ouyang Lin squinted and surveyed the surroundings. Instead of leading her people through the cubicle into the movie theater, she set up her setup directly in the abandoned arcade.
Looking out from here, the sun shines not far away, which makes me feel a little more at ease.
The place was littered with discarded equipment and cardboard, making it look quite desolate. Strangely, some elderly people would rather collect cardboard from the roadside to sell than come here.
They are clearly very wary of this place.
Ouyang Lin first had the five people sit cross-legged in the positions she designated, then took out an ancient coin and placed it on the ground, attaching a small ancient bell she had brought to the coin.
As Ouyang Lin chanted incantations and performed magic, the sound of copper coins striking the ancient bell rang out, one after another, sometimes gentle, sometimes rapid.
Xie Ning felt a noticeable drop in temperature around her, and behind Xiao Fang appeared a man dressed in a blue theatrical costume.
The human and the ghost met each other's gazes. The ghost seemed to realize that Xie Ning could see it, so it lowered its eyes slightly, tilted its head, and revealed a faint smile.
Even though he had become a ghost, Xie Ning had to admit that the other party's appearance was very good. In terms of appearance and the other party's demeanor, this ghost did not give people a very sinister feeling.
"You're here?"
Xie Ning nodded. Ouyang Lin could summon spirits, but she might not be able to see ghosts, because to ensure she could see ghosts, further methods were needed. Xie Ning, on the other hand, happened to have a special constitution and could see spirits.
Therefore, Xie Ning acted as a medium to make Ouyang Lin's spellcasting smoother and to reduce the amount of energy she had to expend.
"You can go down first."
When they arrived, Ouyang Lin gave each of them a red rope to temporarily protect them from the influence of ghosts.
Two people looked around for a while, reluctant to leave. They wanted to see how Ouyang Lin performed her magic. Xiao Fang had spent over 20,000 yuan to hire her, so they had to find out if this woman was just pretending to be a shaman.
After all, in their eyes, Ouyang Lin really didn't do anything, and it felt very different from the spellcasting scenes in the movie.
Xiao Fang was still afraid, so he pulled everyone away.
He's the one paying for it; as long as Ouyang Lin can exorcise the ghost, he doesn't care how she does it.
He came from a good family, and although he felt bad about losing more than 20,000 yuan, it was worth it as long as it would prevent him from being so unlucky.
Not to mention, if the ghost isn't sent away, he himself will die!
As the college students walked away, the man in blue flicked his sleeves and then walked to Xie Ning's side. "Can you see me?"
"yes."
"So, what am I like now? Can you tell me?"
This was a strange question. Xie Ning took a slight step back before focusing his gaze on the ghost's face.
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