I'd always thought Song Yixuan's appearance was rather suspicious, but I could never quite put my finger on it.
However, the question Wang Yingxiu asked made me feel even more uneasy.
She didn't ask whether Song Yixuan had ever loved her, nor why he had seduced and then abandoned her. Instead, she asked if Song Yixuan would save her!
Did Wang Yingxiu meet Song Yixuan before she died?
I decided to use the Taoist "Magic of the Circular Light" to recreate the scenes that had taken place in this room.
The world is filled with all kinds of magnetic fields that record everything that has happened. Taoists, using the power of talismans, can reproduce those events on flat surfaces that can reflect light, such as basins, well - mouths, mirrors... all of which can serve as mediums for the spell.
The Magic of the Circular Light isn't difficult. Even novice Taoists can perform it.
My masters all said I was naturally gifted and quick to learn.
The Magic of the Circular Light was the first Taoist spell I mastered.
Seeing Wang Yingxiu and me heading into the bedroom, Song Yixuan gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet, then rushed towards the door.
"Shriek!"
Amid the shrill wails of the ghost, a tiny ghostly figure squatted on the doorknob.
It was Wang Yingxiu's unborn child.
He had been suffocated to death in his mother's womb, and his body was a purplish - blue color. At this moment, he was staring blankly at the man who was related to him by blood.
"Aaaah! Get out of the way!!"
Frightened out of his wits, Song Yixuan somehow found the courage to reach out and try to push the little ghost away.
The little ghost had initially felt a bit of familiarity towards Song Yixuan, but when his soul was suddenly disturbed by the man's hand, although it didn't cause pain, it aroused his ferocity!
I saw him fly up along Song Yixuan's arm and onto his head. Then, with his two twig - like little hands, he pried open Song Yixuan's mouth and tried to crawl inside.
"Baby, come here."
Wang Yingxiu waved to her son.
The little ghost raised his fist - sized face and looked at his mother. He only knew that his mother was very sad and angry, and that the man in front of him had hurt him badly and made him furious!
"Xiuxiu, let me go. Let me leave this place!"
Seeing Wang Yingxiu stop the little ghost from harming him, Song Yixuan thought she still had feelings for him. So he simply knelt on the ground with a "thud" and pleaded, "I'll go back and invite a master to perform a ritual to send you and your child to the next life. I'll make sure you're reborn into a wealthy family and live a good life! Now that you're already dead, what's the use of dwelling on this life's affairs?!"
"It matters!! I have to remember you..."
Suddenly, Wang Yingxiu grinned. As a red - dressed fierce ghost, how could her boundless resentment be dispelled just by a few words?
"Let's recall the last moments together!"
With that, she turned into a wisp of crimson - black smoke and squeezed into Song Yixuan's glabella.
Song Yixuan shivered, and then his lips curled into a strange arc. He showed me a sinister smile and said, "Miss Du, I'll have to trouble you with everything!"
Wang Yingxiu had possessed Song Yixuan's body and controlled him to walk into the bedroom like a puppet.
I was also quite surprised by Wang Yingxiu's persistence. If, as Song Yixuan had said, she had accidentally fallen and injured herself, at most she would have had some unfulfilled wishes. There was no way she could have turned into such a fierce and malevolent ghost!
"The bright moon shines, ever full and unblemished. The mysterious scenery is clear, and the divine spirits open the door..."
I moved the dressing mirror in the bedroom to the window. Outside, the waning moon had already tilted to the west. The faint moonlight, following my incantation, was projected onto the smooth mirror surface. The scenery of the bedroom reflected in the mirror rippled like water waves.
"...I invoke the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Lord of the Jade Void to shed light. Hurry, by the divine decree!"
As the last word of my incantation left my lips, the constantly fluctuating world in the mirror suddenly stabilized. It no longer looked like the bedroom I was in now.
A figure slowly crawled out of the bed with the hanging curtains. Half - naked, he stood in front of the mirror and dressed himself.
The mirror clearly showed his rather handsome face!
Song Yixuan!!
Wang Yingxiu was already pregnant, yet he could still do such things with her?
I couldn't help but glance at Song Yixuan. The Wang Yingxiu possessing his body gave a sad smile and said, "I was so stupid... I regarded this place as the tower that imprisoned me, and A Xuan was my prince... He would come to see me every night. Even though my mother had locked the door inside and out, he would still climb in through the window..."
She rambled on, telling their various love stories. The scenes in the mirror became more and more intimate. Wang Yingxiu was also half - naked, wearing a long silk nightgown. With her nearly full - term belly, she hugged Song Yixuan from behind, seemingly not wanting him to leave.
Song Yixuan had his back to the infatuated Wang Yingxiu, but his face in the mirror showed a fierce look.
As if making a great decision, Song Yixuan turned around and hugged Wang Yingxiu. He pointed to the window. Wang Yingxiu was overjoyed and immediately leaned out of the window to look down. Then, the most shocking scene appeared. Song Yixuan reached out his hands from behind Wang Yingxiu... and pushed her out!
"…Ah!"
Wang Yingxiu stared in horror like a thunderbolt had struck her. She "seeped" out of Song Yixuan's body and exclaimed, "How could this be?!! I... I was supposed to have fallen accidentally. No! No!! I clearly fell by myself... Ah!"
She went into a frenzy, and Song Yixuan regained consciousness the moment she left his body.
The mirror continued to show the events that had already happened. After pushing the person out, Song Yixuan leaned out of the window and looked down for a while, then slowly climbed out of the window as well...
"What is this?! What is this thing!"
The images in the mirror were like an old silent movie, soundless but real and clear. Song Yixuan suddenly went crazy, grabbed a chair, and smashed it at the mirror.
With a loud "crash", the dressing mirror was smashed into pieces. Countless fragments fell to the ground, each reflecting Wang Yingxiu's increasingly ferocious and insane ghostly face.
"Xiuxiu, listen to me. This woman is a liar. This isn't what really happened!"
Even at this moment, Song Yixuan still tried to defend himself. He pointed at me and said, "She's just a woman some rich man wants to keep. How could she be a feng shui master? She's lying to you..."
"Lie to me! Lie to me!! You've all been lying to me!!"
Blood flowed from Wang Yingxiu's eyes. She reached out her hands and grabbed Song Yixuan's neck. Before Song Yixuan could finish his words, she lifted him off the ground. "No wonder I fell! No wonder the ambulance never came! No wonder you never showed up again... You never called the ambulance. You just wanted me and the baby to die!!"