"It's an illusion! It's all Du Xinghe's doing!"
Wu Mingyu still shouted hoarsely, which gave me a splitting headache. "As soon as a person dies, the ghost messenger will come to claim the soul. How could an old dead woman be allowed to wander in the world?!"
"Hehe..."
I sneered and pointed to the old pagoda tree outside the door, saying to Wu Mingyu, "Do you want to go and ask the ghost messenger in person why he didn't detain Granny Wu's soul?!"
"Fraudster! Fraudster..."
Wu Mingyu kept screeching like a screaming chicken. I really couldn't stand the torture to my ears any longer, so I folded my hands and made a gesture to invite the ghost messenger.
Suddenly, a cold whirlwind rolled down from the big pagoda tree and arrived at the door of the Wu family.
In an instant, the whirlwind dissipated, and a faint white figure about three meters tall appeared in front of everyone.
"Aiya!"
Several neighbors who were standing in the front were startled and stepped back quickly.
"Is it... the Black and White Impermanence?!"
"The White Impermanence, right... He seems to be wearing a pointed hat!"
"That's right... Ah!!"
The images of the Black and White Impermanence who claim souls in the legend have been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Although it was just a vague figure, those aunts who had been influenced by folk tales could guess something!
Several of those standing in the front quietly took a step back, trying to keep themselves farther away from the ghostly king who could claim souls with just a glare...
"......Wuu nii wuu nii nii..."
The changing white figure emitted a series of ghostly murmurs, as if speaking in a low voice, but when listened carefully, it was more like out - of - tune syllables.
"Xiao He, what is the Impermanence Lord saying?"
Landlady Aunt Xu witnessed my ability again. She didn't expect that I had connections with the civil servants in the underworld. She quickly stepped closer to me and asked carefully, "Can you translate it for us?"
I stuffed a lump of black ball that I had prepared in my pocket into my mouth and chewed hard. While chewing, I made "wuu nii" sounds, as if I was having a conversation with the white figure.
"Aiya, what kind of magic pill is Xiao He eating?"
"Can you chat with the Impermanence Lord after eating this?"
"Hey, haven't you heard the saying 'eating mud and talking to ghosts'? Xiao He is eating mud!"
"Ugh... It's a bit disgusting!"
A group of uncles and aunts began to whisper again. Seeing me chewing hard, an uncle kindly handed me a big thermos filled with weakly brewed jasmine tea.
"Thank you..."
I took the tea.
Then, after muttering a few more words to the white figure, I turned to everyone and said, "The White Impermanence Lord said that he pitied Granny Wu and let her come back to arrange her own funeral. Now, she is just short of a burial suit, and then everything will be almost ready."
"It's okay. We'll take care of it!"
Aunt Xu quickly patted her chest. "We neighbors won't let Granny Wu be buried naked. Don't worry. We'll supervise Xiao Wu and make sure she arranges Granny Wu's funeral properly according to the old rules!"
Saying that, Aunt Xu pulled Wu Mingyu and was about to kneel in the direction of Granny Wu.
"I won't. It's all a lie! It's all a lie!"
Wu Mingyu stiffened her neck and legs and refused to compromise.
The white figure under the big pagoda tree outside the door suddenly moved.
With a "whoosh" of cold wind, a pale face with black eyes and red lips suddenly appeared in front of Wu Mingyu's face, almost face - to - face with her.
"How ~ dare ~ you! An ~ unfilial ~ person!!"
The voice of the white figure was shrill, like countless sharp fingernails scraping across glass, making everyone's hair stand on end.
Where had Wu Mingyu ever seen such a strange situation? Just as she was about to scream in panic, unexpectedly, the mourning staff in the White Impermanence's hand "whooshed" open and fiercely whipped across Wu Mingyu's left and right cheeks.
Only two dull "pop" sounds were heard.
Two red and purple marks immediately appeared on Wu Mingyu's face and quickly swelled and turned purple.
"Wow..."
Wu Mingyu cried in pain. As soon as she opened her mouth, two big teeth came out with the blood.
"Kneel and kowtow quickly! Quickly!!"
Aunt Xu was shocked and quickly pulled Wu Mingyu. This time, she finally didn't dare to resist anymore and knelt down obediently on the ground. Aunt Xu bowed and prayed at the same time, "Impermanence Lord, please calm down. Please calm down. The child is ignorant and talks nonsense. She will arrange Granny Wu's funeral! Right... Ah, Xiao Wu?!"
Wu Mingyu was beaten stupid. She just knelt on the ground covering her face and crying. The white figure looked down at her coldly, gave a cold "humph", and when the cold wind blew again, that distorted and blurred shadow disappeared in an instant!
"Gone?!"
"Gone, gone!"
The on - looking crowd looked at the falling leaves and glanced at each other for a while before they began to shout, their voices full of excitement.
They had really seen a ghost today!
Not only had they seen Granny Wu's ghost, but they had also seen the famous White Impermanence!
This was an experience that they could brag about for a lifetime!
While everyone was excitedly gathered at the door, I burned another talisman to take away everyone's ability to see ghosts, and then tried to squeeze out of the door.
Aunt Xu warmly grabbed my hand and thanked me on behalf of Wu Mingyu. "Xiao He, thank you so much! I'll take Xiao Wu to buy a burial suit and coffin for her grandma later."
"Um."
I nodded, yawned, went back to my room, pulled down the curtain again, and lay back on the bed.
"Hey!!"
Suddenly, a gloomy and terrifying voice came from the ceiling above my head.
"How ~ dare ~ you! An ~ unfilial ~ person!"
The white figure that had been so imposing in front of the neighbors was now floating above my head, grinning its extremely red mouth at me!!
"Hahaha!! Am I awesome just now, Lord?!"
The white figure fluttered down with a wink, completely ignoring my disgusted eye - roll.
"Get out of the way. I want to sleep!"
I covered my head with a blanket, showing none of the scared and respectful look I had pretended in front of everyone before.
"Come on, it won't kill you to praise me once!"
The white figure was not discouraged at all. He still shamelessly got close to my head and reached out to pat my head.
Although he couldn't touch my body, he was a real ghost. His bone - chilling spiritual body seeped into my head, making me so cold that I couldn't help swearing, "Get lost!"
With a roar, my right hand quickly drew a ghost - suppressing talisman and slapped it on the white figure.
The white figure was instantly slapped onto my wardrobe and couldn't move anymore.
The small bedroom blocked out the already hot light from outside.
The white figure nailed to my wardrobe was a male ghost in white, with disheveled hair and wearing an old - fashioned long robe.
Although his body was fixed by the ghost - suppressing talisman, he still mumbled with a playful smile, "Xiao He, we can't do that 'Once the birds are gone, the good bow is put away; once the cunning rabbits are dead, the hounds are cooked' thing. If you do this again, I won't help you anymore!"