Chapter 5: The Female Ghost Xiao Yu

  After playing the piano, the two of them went to the courtyard to play and frolic. These two people are so big now but still love to play like little kids, truly childlike innocence.

  Qiu Shui saw these two people and was truly speechless. Walking to the side room, she found Master cleaning up the house. She immediately ran over to help Master clean up.

  Jiu Shu saw that it was Qiu Shui who came to help, and his eyes were filled with relief, but he put on a serious face and said: "It's so late, why aren't you sleeping? What's going on?"

  "Master is master, hehe, apprentices can't hide anything from you." Qiu Shui said with a smile.

  Then Autumn Water said seriously, "Master, I'm really a bit worried. If something goes wrong with the three from the Ren family and the one in the coffin, it'll be big trouble."

  Ninth Uncle sat on the chair, pondered for a moment and said: "Hmm, what you said is not wrong. The ancestral tomb of the Ren family, that piece of land with the dragonfly water hole, is a piece of extremely good feng shui land. Apart from the dragon vein land holes sought after by emperors and generals, this land can already bring blessings to future generations for several lifetimes. But such a good piece of land, would that feng shui master willingly sell it to the Ren family? So that feng shui master must have done something to that land."

  "But Master, the Feng Shui master's manipulation of that land only affects the Ren family's house, yet the corpse in the coffin also has a problem. I really don't understand the reasoning behind it," Qiu Shui asked with a puzzled expression.

  Ninth Uncle nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, that grave which had been tampered with will only affect the Feng Shui of the Ren family's residence. However, when you were digging up the coffin today, did you notice anything about the soil?"

  Qiu Shui thought carefully about the events at Ren Family Ancestral Tomb after hearing Jiu Shu's words. Suddenly, she remembered that when those people were digging the grave of Old Man Ren today, the colors of the soil they dug up were different. The soil around the coffin was a different color from the surrounding soil, and it was clear that the coffin had been dug up before, which means that the corpse change must have been caused by human factors.

  "Master, you're saying that someone wants to avenge the Ren family! Who could it be? Could it be one of the three from the Ren family?"

  "Somebody must have taken revenge on the Ren family, but it definitely won't be those three from the Ren family. Just by looking at them today, I can tell they don't have any magical powers and don't understand the mysteries of the universe. I think it should be the original owner of that piece of land." Ninth Uncle said with certainty.

  "What's Master going to do?" After hearing Ninth Uncle's words, Qiushui knew that the trouble was big. The three members of the Ren family were originally problematic, and there was also a corpse in the coffin. Now, there was even a Feng Shui master who understood Qimen Dunjia, it was a headache!

  "Don't worry, things haven't reached that point yet. Although the three from the Ren family don't know what the purpose is, at least they're not in any danger for now. But the corpse in the coffin is a different story. Let's transport the body to the ancestral hall today, I'm afraid of that Feng Shui master causing trouble behind our backs! After saying this with a serious tone, Ninth Uncle turned to Qiushui and said: "Wait, you go to the neighboring town to buy some things. For the next few nights, Tianwen will stay at the ancestral hall to guard the coffin, I want to see who it is."

  "Alright, Master. I'll go right away." After saying that, Qiushui got up to pack some things and prepare to head to the neighboring town.

  "Autumn water just went out riding a black bicycle, and Wencai said anxiously beside him: "Autumn water, where are you going? It's easy to encounter ghosts so late!"

  "Don't worry, Wencai, don't you trust my abilities? Master asked me to go buy some things." Qiu Shui said with a warm heart, looking at the worried expression on Wencai's face.

  "Autumn is born, with literary talent." The voice of Ninth Uncle came from inside the Yi Zhuang house.

  "Quickly go back, Master is calling you." After hearing Ninth Uncle's voice, Autumn Water knew that Ninth Uncle was going to give these two disciples a good lesson.

  "Alright then, be careful on your way, Autumn Water." Wen Cai said to Autumn Water before running into the Righteous Manor, shouting as he ran: "I'm coming, I'm coming!"

  Qiu Shui smiled and rode his horse towards the neighboring town.

  Ling shop, a store in the neighboring town that only opens at night. It is run by a Daoist priest who makes a living from both the living and the dead. The store sells all sorts of ghostly and zombie-related items, but mainly it's where you can buy magical tools and talismans to ward off evil spirits.

  Autumn water rode a bicycle alone on the pitch-black road. As she walked, she suddenly saw a mass of yin energy in front of her. In this mass of yin energy, a red sedan chair appeared, along with four people carrying the sedan chair - but they weren't human, rather four ghosts. Each ghost wore mourning clothes, had a pale face, and red rouge on their cheeks.

  Seeing the scene in front of her, Qiū Shuǐ understood that the sedan chair should be the female ghost from daytime. Qiū Shuǐ stopped the car and wanted to see what this female ghost was going to do.

  Four ghosts with red painted cheeks carried a sedan chair, walking step by step; if a living person saw them, they would probably be scared to death.

  Bang!

  Four ghosts carrying a sedan chair arrived near the autumn water and put it down, and when the sedan chair was put down, a heavy sound could be clearly heard, as if the sedan chair weighed thousands of catties.

  After the red sedan landed, a female ghost wearing a red wedding dress flew out, holding a lady's bamboo fan in her right hand. She flew to a branch as thick as a child's arm and stared at Autumn Water with wide eyes. Autumn Water was dazed for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses. The four dark ghosts lifted the sedan and were about to return by the same route when the female ghost held out a red handkerchief in her left hand and waved goodbye to the four dark ghosts before focusing on Autumn Water who had stopped in front of her.

  Only the female ghost floated down from the branch like a leaf. Looking at the female ghost walking towards Autumn Water, her figure was indeed curvaceous with a small waist, and looking up, she had phoenix eyes, delicate eyebrows, a nose like a cherry blossom, and a mouth like a peach, making her incredibly beautiful.

  The female ghost Xiaoyu walked up to Qiushui and slightly bowed, saying: "I, Dongshi Xiaoyu, have seen you, young master."

  "You'd better go reincarnate properly, what brings you to find me?" Qiu Shui had one hand behind his back, already prepared for a fight. If the female ghost were to launch an attack, he wouldn't let her get away with it. Although this female ghost didn't have malicious intentions in the original story, as someone who had seen too many ghosts and monsters that could bewilder people's hearts alongside Jiu Shu, Qiu Shui absolutely wouldn't trust her easily.

  "My family thanks you, young master, for your kindness. I've come to repay your favor." The female ghost, Xiaoyu, gazed at Qiushui with a hint of resentment in her voice, as if Qiushui had abandoned her.

  When he heard the soft and fluffy voice of the female ghost Xiaoyu, Qiushui's bones were all crispy.

  "The yin and yang are separated, the paths of humans and ghosts are different. I think you should understand that it won't be good for anyone in the end." Autumn Water knew that this female ghost didn't have a malicious heart, but she still spoke firmly.

  It's not just a matter of saying that humans and ghosts are on different paths. Humans belong to yang, while ghosts belong to yin. If they stay together for a long time, those with strong yang energy may be fine, but ordinary people's yang energy will be worn down by the yin energy, causing them to become listless and weak. Over time, if their yang energy is completely depleted, they will perish. Typically, martial artists have strong yang energy, but when they encounter someone with extremely potent yang energy, it becomes a case of mutual grinding between yin and yang, where neither side can gain the upper hand.

  "I understand what you mean, young master. However, there is a matter that concerns the lives of your fellow disciples, so I had to come." The female ghost Xiaoyu looked at Qiushui with a pitiful expression. Whoever it was, she had rushed over in a hurry, risking being caught by the disciples, and the more she thought about it, the more heartbroken she felt. As she thought of this, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

  At the sight of autumn water, they all became somewhat flustered and didn't know what to say.

  "Miss, it's all because I didn't ask clearly, it's all my fault, don't cry." Qiu Shui said hastily to Xiao Yu.

  "Hmph!"

  Xiaoyu couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Qiushui's flustered and disheveled appearance, covering her mouth with a red handkerchief. Her smile was truly radiant. It turned out that in his haste, Qiushui had accidentally exposed the hand he had been hiding behind his back, revealing only two fingers still clutching a yellow talisman to ward off evil spirits.

  "What's going on? It's actually related to the lives of our master and disciple?" Although Qiū Shuǐ was embarrassed, he still asked urgently after hearing that it was related to his master's life.

  Although Qiū Shuǐ was puzzled, she still thought of the three bodyguards from Rén's family. Indeed, after hearing Xiǎo Yù's words, she knew that her guess was not wrong, and it turned out to be true that there was a problem with the three bodyguards from Rén's family.

  "Gentlemen, after you and your master left during the day, three people from the Ren family returned to the ancestral tomb in secret. They were sneaking around, so I quietly followed them after sunset." Little Jade said mysteriously.

  Originally, Xiaoyu had secretly gone to the Ren family after sunset and overheard the conversation of three people. It turned out that these three people knew that the corpse in the coffin today was a zombie, and they also mentioned something about a reincarnation point. Because the three people were vigorous and not ordinary people, Xiaoyu was afraid of being detected when she got too close, so she didn't hear clearly.

  However, Xiaoyu surprisingly discovered that they were not just three people, but five.

  "Have you found anything else unusual?" Akira asked urgently.

  "The young lady heard the three men mention zombies, and zombies are in the righteous village. She was afraid that you, sir, would be in danger, so..." Little Jade said with a blush on her face, her words barely audible.

  Qiu Shui saw Xiao Yu's expression and suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, at a loss for what to do.

  Xiao Yu saw the expression on Qiu Shui's face and her eyes curved into a crescent shape. With her left hand holding onto Xiu Juan, she elegantly covered her cherry-like mouth and softly said: "However, those five people were ordinary people. At night, I used the Soul-Confusing Technique on one of them to ask for the truth, but that person only answered a few sentences before his soul scattered away. At that time, I was certain there was no one else present!" When she spoke the latter half of the sentence, Xiao Yu covered her mouth and her entire face showed extreme terror, as if she had encountered something frightening.

  After hearing this, Qiū Shuǐ's scalp also went numb. To be able to silently lose one's soul in front of Xiǎo Yù was simply impossible. You have to know that Xiǎo Yù is a female ghost after all, born with spiritual sensitivity, and yet she didn't notice anything - it's simply unbelievable.

  "What did he say?" Akira asked hastily.