That night.
The bright moon hangs high, a perfect time for romantic moments under the flowers, but the campus is rather deserted due to the ghost story. By 10 p.m., there are hardly any people to be seen outside the student dormitories, a stark contrast to the usually bustling school.
Zhang Yuan arrived early and staked out the area near the No. 17 girls' dormitory building.
Tongcheng University has a relatively open management system, unlike some schools where there are strict boundaries between male and female dormitories, or even fences around them to prohibit male and female students from interacting.
At Tongcheng University, male students are allowed to stroll and walk around the girls' dormitory buildings as long as they do not enter them.
Zhang Yuan, dressed in a gray tracksuit with a thin, somewhat worn autumn sports jacket over it, squatted on the roadside below Building 17.
He had been squatting there from 9 PM to 10 PM, and then to 11 PM, but he hadn't seen a single ghost.
I'm so bored I'm practically moldy.
Several girls carrying snacks and daily necessities bought from the supermarket passed by the roadside, pointing and whispering at Zhang Yuan, who was squatting listlessly by the roadside downstairs.
I thought he was just another pathetic loser who got dumped by his girlfriend and was begging for forgiveness outside his dorm in the middle of the night.
By midnight, the evil spirit still hadn't appeared, and by then, most of the lights in the girls' dormitory building had been turned off.
Zhang Yuan even suspected that the evil spirit might not come tonight.
Bored out of his mind, Zhang Yuan picked up a dry twig from under the tree and drew circles on the ground over and over again.
Another hour or so passed.
During this period, Zhang Yuan practiced a set of Vajra Longevity Exercises and did one hundred push-ups.
The dormitory supervisor of Building 17 initially thought that the young man had been dumped by his girlfriend and was asking for forgiveness downstairs.
Therefore, he came out three times to persuade Zhang Yuan not to be so irrational and not to be so infatuated!
Only after confirming that Zhang Yuan had no ill intentions and was not suicidal did she feel relieved enough to go back to sleep.
To prevent Zhang Yuan from sneaking into the girls' dormitory in the middle of the night while she was asleep, or from doing anything impulsive, the dormitory supervisor decisively closed the iron gate of Building 17 and bolted it from the inside of the dormitory building!
1:30 a.m.
Room 504, Building 17.
Zeng Jingxue suddenly sat up from her dormitory bed. Her eyes were vacant and her face was pale, as if she had lost her soul. She sat there and laughed strangely, looking exactly like that girl from the art academy who jumped off a building after a breakup!
The laughter in the middle of the night woke up the other roommates in the dormitory.
"Tingting, Jingxue, what happened to her?"
Why are you laughing the whole time?!
"How scary!"
"Could she be possessed?"
\"I don't know either.\"
"Jingxue, don't come any closer!"
\"ah!\"
...
After being possessed, Zeng Jingxue got out of bed and walked step by step toward her roommate, spouting nonsensical nonsense. Her roommate was so frightened that she fainted!
After circling the dormitory once, Zeng Jingxue opened the dormitory door and walked out as if in a daze.
...
Outside, just when Zhang Yuan thought the evil spirit probably wouldn't come out tonight, a thick, yin energy suddenly appeared inside the dormitory building.
The intense yin energy was almost identical to the one he had used to save the Taoist priest, leading Zhang Yuan to conclude that the female ghost had emerged.
He rallied his spirits and stood downstairs on the roadside, looking around.
The yin energy was probably emanating from the 5th floor of Building 17. Although Zhang Yuan, with his initial stage of cultivation, could not directly see the scene there, he could feel the dense yin energy moving towards the top floor.
Sure enough, a person appeared on the rooftop of Building 17 shortly afterward.
In the hazy moonlight, one could vaguely make out a long-haired girl with beautiful features and a great figure!
The girl seemed to be possessed by a female ghost; a strong aura of yin energy was emanating from her.
Zhang Yuan immediately realized something was wrong.
The possessed girl is standing on the edge of the rooftop. Is she going to jump?
Since the iron gate on the first floor of Building 17 was locked from the inside by the dormitory supervisor, it was obviously too late to notify the school to rescue people.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan no longer held back. He walked to the wall, mobilized his internal energy, and then jumped with both feet, soaring into the air. Then, he lightly touched the wall on the first floor with the toe of his right foot and climbed over the window of the second-floor corridor!
He was as agile as a monkey.
Then, Zhang Yuan sprinted towards the roof of Building 17.
One minute later.
On the rooftop of Building 17, a man and a woman stood a few meters apart.
Under the hazy moonlight, the girl's long hair flew wildly, covering half of her face. Because she was possessed by an evil spirit, her expression was somewhat ferocious.
When Zhang Yuan arrived at the rooftop, the girl was standing on the edge, her back to him, arms outstretched, about to jump.
In the dead of night, she let out a strange, eerie laugh.
The laughter was sinister and shrill, sending chills down one's spine.
Then, the long-haired girl leaped off the rooftop. Zhang Yuan pounced on her, grabbed her arm the instant she jumped, and pulled her back!
When Zhang Yuan pulled the possessed girl back to the rooftop, he finally saw what the long-haired girl looked like!
How could it be her?!
Zeng Jingxue!!
At this moment, Zeng Jingxue's eyes were lifeless, her face was deathly pale, and she was giving Zhang Yuan a strange smile.
"Who are you? Why won't you let me jump! I know now, you must be a heartless man too!"
Suddenly, Zeng Jingxue's pupils dilated, and she reached out with both hands to grab Zhang Yuan!
The sudden punch made Zhang Yuan's chest ache; the force was even greater than that of a boy, far beyond what a weak girl could possibly exert.
However, Zhang Yuan is in very good physical condition now, so he only feels a slight pain.
Zhang Yuan dragged Zeng Jingxue to a safe area, but after being possessed, Zeng Jingxue had no self-awareness at all and even opened her mouth to bite Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan shifted his body to the side and struck out with a palm at Zeng Jingxue.
"Sorry, Zeng, the school beauty!"
His arms were surrounded by golden light, making him look sacred and mysterious.
With the blessing of the Golden Light Mantra, Zhang Yuan struck Zeng Jingxue in the chest with a palm strike!
The former school beauty screamed and fainted.
At the same time, a faint ghostly figure of a woman floated out from her body. That ghost was none other than Chen Qianqian, who had jumped off the building some time ago.
Seeing the female ghost leave Zeng Jingxue's body, Zhang Yuan was about to step forward and punch her again to subdue the ghost so he could go to school and collect his reward.
However, when the female ghost saw Zhang Yuan's arm emitting golden light, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Great Immortal, spare me! Great Immortal, spare me!"
Zhang Yuan stopped his attack halfway through, staring intently at the female ghost spirit that appeared before him as a faint, ethereal figure. He said, "Why don't you reincarnate in the underworld, instead of causing trouble and committing such heinous acts at school!"
As soon as Zhang Yuan finished speaking, the female ghost began to wail and cry.
"Great Immortal, you may not know this, but the little ghost was a student at Tongcheng University in her previous life. She was heartbroken after a breakup and was possessed by an evil black cat, which controlled her mind. That's why she jumped off a building and committed suicide, becoming a ghost."
That black cat was incredibly hateful. Even after I died, it wouldn't let me go. It used its powerful cultivation to control me and force me to do things for it!
Waaaaah!
Looking at the sobbing female ghost, Zhang Yuan asked, "Could you be the girl who jumped off the school building a while ago?"
"Exactly!"
"So, all these ghost stories at the school lately are your fault?!"
"No, no, it was all that black cat's fault!"
"Great Immortal, please save me!"
The long-haired female ghost cried out.
Zhang Yuan pondered the female ghost's answer, but dared not easily believe her one-sided account.
After all, this guy has been causing chaos at school lately, and almost drove Zeng Jingxue to jump off a building!
"You said there's a powerful, evil black cat in our school?"
"Yes, Master!"
The female ghost said, and seeing Zhang Yuan's skeptical look, added, "Great Immortal, your power is immense; this little ghost would never dare to lie to you!"
"Do you know where that black cat came from?"
Zhang Yuan asked.
"I'm not quite sure."
"However, earlier, I overheard the black cat muttering to itself, something about a ghost who died unjustly at the beginning of Tongcheng University's founding. For some reason, it obtained the methods of ghost cultivation and has been hiding within the school to practice!"
"At the beginning of the school's establishment?"
"That would require several decades of cultivation!"
As Zhang Yuan was pondering, a terrifying yin energy suddenly attacked from behind him!
The female ghost was so frightened that she immediately floated up from the ground and hid behind Zhang Yuan, shouting, "Oh no! The black cat is here!"
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