"Lu... Lu Xiyu!!!" Lin Li was on the verge of tears. She didn't dare to move or speak loudly, watching helplessly as the dark shadow wriggled and gradually took on a human form.
I was also startled. I couldn't figure out why something would appear from the bed in the dormitory!!!
The human - shaped shadow slowly approached Lin Li and stepped into the dim light cast by the window. It was actually the girl Li Shanshan who had fallen to her death yesterday that I saw!!!
Although her face was a bit pale, her expression was vivid. She gave Lin Li a slight smile and said, "Thank you for lending me your meal card. I'm here to pay you back."
"N... No need. Consider it my treat!" Lin Li stammered. She grabbed the ladder beside my bed and tried to climb up, but Li Shanshan reached out and grabbed her wrist, shaking her head. "No. This is a debt. If I don't pay it back quickly, I won't have peace in my next life!"
"No, I don't want it!!! Just leave quickly!!!" Lin Li tried hard to pull her hand back.
"No!" Li Shanshan's voice suddenly turned shrill, sending shivers down one's spine. "You're all ill - intentioned. You just want me to die a bad death, right!!! Right?!"
She leaned in close, almost cheek - to - cheek with Lin Li.
I was sitting on the upper bunk above them. From my angle, I could see a large dent in the back of Li Shanshan's head. The white bone fragments were embedded in her long hair, and the blood and white brain tissue were dripping onto the floor along her hair...
"The one who killed you is not Lin Li!" I lifted the curtain and pinched the most familiar exorcism spell with my fingers. "She's the one who helped you!"
Li Shanshan looked up at me. Her eyes were just like I saw last night, covered with a hazy gray film.
"I don't care. Everyone wants to harm me! I'm not willing to die!!! I don't want to die!!!" She suddenly roared. A cold wind suddenly blew in the dormitory, making her hair flutter wildly.
It turned out that ghosts really didn't listen to reason!!!
I pursed my lips and pointed my spell - forming fingers directly at Li Shanshan. As I uttered the last word "command", Li Shanshan was instantly pushed away from Lin Li by an invisible force.
Freed from Li Shanshan's control, Lin Li let out a shrill scream and scrambled onto my bed.
"Woo - woo - woo..." Li Shanshan let out a shrill cry. "Lin Li... Since you're so kind, then help me to the end! I'm in so much pain! Can you take my place?!"
Saying that, she swooped towards us again with a terrifying cold wind.
I quickly wanted to chant the spell again, but unexpectedly, Lin Li, that useless teammate, was so frightened when she saw Li Shanshan's hideous face rushing towards them that she was at a loss. She hugged me tightly and with too much force, she accidentally knocked both of us off the bed.
Li Shanshan was extremely fast. Before we even hit the ground, she had already rushed over. Her figure directly overlapped with Lin Li's. Just as I was about to scream, I saw Li Shanshan let out a shrill scream as if she had been burned and was bounced off Lin Li's body.
The yellow talisman that Lin Li had been holding in her hand also emitted a wisp of green smoke.
At this moment, the two of us fell to the ground. Li Shanshan was still unwilling and the cold aura rushed towards my face.
Suddenly, a white shadow fell from the beam and happened to block between me and Li Shanshan.
The hanging female ghost with a bit of "ghostly virtue" propped up her translucent body and stared at Li Shanshan menacingly.
"Get out of the way!!! This is the substitute I've chosen..." Li Shanshan wailed, but the white - clothed hanging ghost floated in the air coldly as if she hadn't heard.
I was startled. Was this female ghost... saving me?!
"Tap - tap..." Suddenly, there came a sound of footsteps outside the door. Someone walked to the door of our dorm 004. The voice of the dormitory supervisor rang out. She knocked on the door and asked, "What's going on with you guys?!"
"Teacher, save me!!!" Lin Li got up from the ground and rushed towards the door. It was the yellow talisman given by the dormitory supervisor that saved her life. She regarded the teacher's appearance as a life - saving straw!
"Don't go!" I suddenly remembered the teacher's warning not to open the door without permission.
But Lin Li couldn't hear my warning at all. She reached out and turned the handle of the dark - red wooden door.
The moment the door opened, there was a "hiss" sound. The yellow talisman pasted between the doorframe and the door was torn in two. Standing in front of the door was not the dormitory supervisor at all, but Li Shanshan's corpse still covered with ice flowers!
It was standing right next to the door. Its skin, which had been frozen blue by the low temperature in the freezer, already had dark - purple spots. As soon as Lin Li opened the door, she was face - to - face with it. She let out a shrill scream and fainted on the ground.
"Oops, I told you not to open the door!" A somewhat familiar voice, with a hint of glibness, came from the corridor. "Look, she fainted from fright!"
Following the voice, a young man in a cyan robe appeared at the dormitory door.
I recognized him at a glance. He was the cyan figure that had appeared in the mirror of the fitting room in David City!
"Good heavens, there are two of them here?!" The young man stepped over Li Shanshan's corpse and was shocked to see two ghosts confronting each other in the dormitory. His eyes widened in surprise. "No wonder I couldn't collect the soul all this time. It was hidden here!!!"
Saying that, he waved the unremarkable small clay bottle in his hand. His sword in his right hand pointed at Li Shanshan in the room...
"Smack!" Unexpectedly, the corpse blocking the door suddenly turned around. Its stiff arm swung and hit the young man's hand. The clay bottle immediately fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Ouch, my money!" The young man grimaced, raised his hand and slapped the corpse twice. He cursed, "You're not being obedient even after you're dead. Running around everywhere, making me waste another 30,000 yuan!"
I was completely confused by this scene. As soon as the white - clothed hanging ghost saw the young man, it immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Damn it! How dare you run away?! You don't even kneel and pay your respects when you see me?!" The young man was furious. He immediately looked up towards the beam and cursed, "You old ghost. I don't have the time or money to deal with you!"
As soon as Li Shanshan saw that there was no obstacle in front of her, she immediately reached out and lunged at me.
"Dan Zhu, the god of the mouth, spits out filth and dispels the evil atmosphere..." Naturally, I was on guard. As soon as I chanted the spell, Li Shanshan let out a ghostly scream and was bounced away.
The young man in the cyan robe let out a surprised "Huh". He quickly took out another clay bottle from his pocket and mumbled something very quickly. Li Shanshan's ghost let out a "squeak" sound and melted into a cloud of mist like a snowman in fire, and was sucked into the ugly gray clay bottle.
The young man in the cyan robe flicked his right hand, and a yellow talisman appeared on his fingertip. He casually licked it with his tongue and pasted it on the bottle mouth. Then he pointed at Li Shanshan's icy - looking corpse in front of him twice. The corpse fell straight down to the dormitory floor with a "thud" like a wooden stake.
"Mission accomplished!"