The next day, at the Qingxin Taoist Temple.
An impatient knocking sound shattered the morning tranquility.
Ming Mingzhong groggily pushed open the door and saw a group of young Taoist priests in Zhengyi sect robes standing neatly outside.
Staring back at all those sharp eyes, Ming Mingzhong felt a bit nervous. He subtly took a step back, ready to run at any moment.
He stammered, "Fellow Taoists, what are you up to?"
A very familiar figure stepped to the front.
Zhou Feiyu was holding a peachwood sword, looking as arrogant and cold as ever.
When he saw Ming Mingzhong, he seemed to mutter something under his breath and then reluctantly called out, "Big Brother."
Ming Mingzhong twitched the corner of his mouth. "I can't accept that title. Feiyu, what brings you here?"
Zhou Feiyu took out a tightly sealed invitation letter from his bosom and stuffed it into Ming Mingzhong's hand without a word.
With drooping eyelids, Zhou Feiyu said, "There's a Xuanmen competition. Come if you want." He paused for a moment and added, "With your skills, you'll probably have a hard time even getting through the preliminary round."
The Taoist priests behind him suddenly burst into laughter.
Zhou Feiyu waved his hand. "Let's go."
Ming Mingzhong stopped them in confusion. "Don't leave yet. Come in and have a cup of tea. Tell me in detail what this competition is about."
Zhou Feiyu glanced into the Taoist temple and saw the familiar, slender figure. Changing his tune, he snorted. "You're the one asking me to come in. People from your Qingxin Taoist Temple are so troublesome."
The group walked into the Qingxin Taoist Temple in a grand manner.
Looking at all the demons and ghosts in the temple, Zhou Feiyu frowned tightly. "Is this a Taoist temple or a reformatory for demons?"
The drowned ghost, who was watering the flowers, had never seen so many Taoist priests before. His old face turned black and he quickly dived into the flowerbed.
He Zhiping also disappeared and hid behind Yu Nian, muttering, "Oh my god, are they here to cause trouble?"
Yu Nian was leisurely feeding the turtles in the pond. She had already predicted that some fellow practitioners would come today, so she wasn't surprised to see Zhou Feiyu.
"Take a seat."
Zhou Feiyu coughed and sat down on a chair beside. "There's a Xuanmen competition. Are you coming?"
Yu Nian looked at Zhou Feiyu in surprise. "You came all the way here just to give me an invitation? Don't you know there's something called express delivery?"
Zhou Feiyu's eyebrow twitched. He shouldn't have expected any nice words from Yu Nian.
Actually, Yu Nian was right. He didn't have to come in person to deliver the invitation. He could have just sent a junior brother or sister.
But after hearing that the Qingxin Taoist Temple was on the invitation list, Zhou Feiyu was actually quite happy.
His feelings towards Yu Nian were complex. At first, he disliked her, then he admired her, and now he was looking forward to fighting side by side with her.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Feiyu said dryly, "I don't have your phone number. How can I send it?"
Yu Nian nodded as if suddenly realizing something and said nothing more.
Zhou Feiyu suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, like punching into cotton. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said, "This competition is jointly organized by all the sects in the Xuanmen. Almost all the top masters from every sect will participate. It's very prestigious and a rare opportunity."
Seeing that Yu Nian showed no expression, Zhou Feiyu was worried that she wasn't interested in the competition. He added, "The rewards for the competition are very generous. Are you sure you don't want to go?"
Yu Nian blinked her eyes. "Of course I'm going. I'm just surprised that you can talk so much at once."
Zhou Feiyu: ...
Kang Ning and Su Yue didn't believe what Yu Nian said. They took the child to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. When they saw the examination report, they were shocked.
The child really had no health problems at all.
Although all this was a bit too fantastic, seeing that their child was healthy, the two happily took the child home.
Su Yue held the talisman paper that Yu Nian gave her. After hesitating for a while, she put it in the outer pocket of her clothes.
Kang Ning only stayed at home for a short while before he was called back to the company by his boss to work overtime on a report. Only Su Yue and the child were left at home.
After a long day of running around, the two soon fell asleep.
Half asleep and half awake, Su Yue suddenly felt very cold on her back, as if something was lying on her back and blowing on her.
Then a stench of rotting flesh filled the air, so pungent that it surrounded Su Yue completely.
Su Yue opened her eyes blankly and looked around, but found nothing.
Just then, a sound of footsteps came from outside the closed door.
"Pat, pat." It was the sound of someone walking on sticky liquid.
The footsteps were very light but extremely clear, pacing back and forth outside the door.
Su Yue was startled. Could it be that the door wasn't locked properly and a thief had sneaked in?
Su Yue instinctively wanted to pick up her child, but found that her daughter, Nannan, who was originally lying beside the bed, had disappeared.
Su Yue was a bit anxious. Afraid of disturbing the person outside, she lowered her voice and called out.
"Nannan, where are you?"
The room was completely silent. No one answered.
Su Yue almost fainted. Nannan must have run out while she was sleeping!
Realizing that her child was with a bad person, Su Yue rummaged through the drawer and found a pair of scissors. Summoning up courage from somewhere, she rushed out.
But the moment she opened the door, the footsteps outside suddenly disappeared.
The living room was completely dark. There wasn't even a single shadow.
Vaguely, Su Yue seemed to hear some rustling sounds coming from the toilet, as if someone was rummaging through something.
"Is that you, Nannan? Come out. Don't scare mom."
As she got closer to the toilet door, the stench of rotting flesh wafted out again and became even stronger.
Su Yue finally realized that something was wrong. Could it be that, just as the girl said during the day, there was an evil spirit in her house?
Just as she was feeling suspicious and uncertain, the toilet door suddenly opened. Nannan stood inside, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"Mom, were you looking for me?"
Behind Nannan stood a woman with disheveled hair. Her face was blurred, and blood was constantly dripping from her clothes. A blood - red light surrounded her as she rushed straight towards Su Yue.
Just as the female ghost was about to grab her, a golden light suddenly burst out from Su Yue's body, knocking the female ghost away. In the blink of an eye, the female ghost disappeared.
Su Yue took out the talisman paper from her pocket in shock and disbelief, only to see that the yellow talisman had turned into ashes in an instant.
Frightened and terrified, Su Yue picked up Nannan and went to a friend's house for the night.
Early the next morning, she hurriedly called Yu Nian.
While apologizing for her previous disbelief, she earnestly pleaded with Yu Nian to come and exorcise the ghost for her.
Coincidentally, Zhou Feiyu hadn't left yet. So he went with the people from the Qingxin Taoist Temple to Su Yue's house.
As soon as they entered the house, Zhou Feiyu smelled a very pungent smell of blood.