The Old Ghost realized his overreaction and composed himself. "I'd like nothing more than to skin that bitch alive and deny her a chance at reincarnation! But a couple's bond lingers. I can't bear to see her suppressed. Kind Talisman Master, please leave her to me. I promise I won't bother the archaeology students and teachers again, and let them live in peace!"
Deng Yang scratched his head, increasingly confused by the Old Ghost's attitude.
He claimed to hate Bai Siyan, but he wouldn't let Yu Nian subdue her.
Was it because his love had turned into hatred and he still harbored feelings for her?
Yu Nian stared at the Old Ghost and sneered. "Leave her to you? I think you don't want to kill her, but to devour her ghostly power like you did with other evil ghosts! I don't believe a word about being too powerful and losing your mind. You devoured the souls of your wife and children, but spared Bai Siyan. You're just playing a game of compound interest. The ghostly power gained from devouring a small ghost and a thousand - year evil ghost is worlds apart. Bai Siyan is like a free bank. While she preserves the principal, you earn interest. You let Bai Siyan devour other souls like you, making her resentment grow stronger. When she becomes a thousand - year evil ghost like you, you'll devour her. In short, your real goal isn't revenge, but to possess a new body and return to the human world, right?"
The ancient tomb fell silent for a while. Then the Old Ghost suddenly let out a low, sinister laugh. He no longer concealed his evil aura, and a terrifying blood - red light burst out.
"I thought you were easy to fool. You're much smarter than I thought. If you insist on exorcising Bai Siyan, don't blame me for not following the rules of the underworld."
Yu Nian stared at the Old Ghost with a half - smile. "You want to kill me?"
The Old Ghost let out a ferocious laugh. His blood - red eyes bulged wildly and stubbornly. "I may not be a match for you in a head - on fight. But don't forget, I'm possessing this human. If I stop suppressing my evil aura, his body will explode!"
As he spoke, the Old Ghost twisted his neck at an exaggerated angle. A series of bone - chilling "crack" sounds came from his neck, as if it was about to break at any moment.
Deng Yang was terrified and quickly shouted, "Don't do anything stupid!"
Yu Nian's eyebrows suddenly turned cold. She shouted at the Old Ghost, "Get out of his body!"
The moment she finished speaking, Yu Nian flashed in front of the Old Ghost. She slapped a talisman on him forcefully, then tied his middle finger with a red thread and twisted it hard!
With a soft "click", the Old Ghost's face twisted for a moment. He suddenly turned into a puff of white smoke and left Professor Sun's body. He fled and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Professor Sun rolled his eyes and fell straight to the ground.
Deng Yang quickly helped Professor Sun up, but couldn't wake him.
Yu Nian felt Professor Sun's pulse and calmly said, "He's fine. He was just possessed by the Old Ghost for too long. He'll recover after some rest."
After saying that, she pasted a talisman on Professor Sun to prevent the Old Ghost from possessing him again.
Yu Nian calculated the time. "The sun hasn't set yet, and the yang energy is still strong. The Old Ghost is at a disadvantage now, so he won't show up again. The yin energy is the strongest at midnight. I'll find a way to draw him out."
Jiang Jin paced over to Yu Nian. He was still in a daze and asked awkwardly, "Master, Bai Siyan and the Old Ghost... who's telling the truth?"
Yu Nian sneered. "They're both lying. Two evil ghosts who've lived for two thousand years aren't good people."
Jiang Jin didn't understand Yu Nian's meaning and asked stupidly, "Why?"
Yu Nian glanced at Jiang Jin. "At first, I thought the Old Ghost devoured other ghosts to strengthen his power for revenge. But the evil aura he just showed was terrifyingly strong. If even the ancient tomb can't hold him, the villagers in Taohua Village will be in trouble."
Jiang Jin shivered. He had just witnessed the Old Ghost's power. If such an evil ghost returned to the human world, it would be chaos!
Yu Nian wasn't nervous at all. After speaking, she even yawned and smiled carelessly.
Deng Yang was originally quite melancholy, but seeing Yu Nian smiling, he felt relaxed.
"Master, do you have a way to deal with this Old Ghost?"
Yu Nian replied honestly, "No."
Deng Yang:...
"This is the first time I've encountered such a situation. But all roads lead to Rome. No matter how fierce the evil ghost is, we just need to subdue it."
These two evil ghosts were different from the ones she had encountered before. They didn't linger in the human world because of obsession.
It was normal for people to turn into ghosts after death.
But for a ghost to become an evil ghost, there were only two ways.
One was like the Old Ghost, who had killed many people in his lifetime and was full of evil aura. He naturally became an evil ghost after death.
The other was for a ghost to become an evil ghost by constantly harming people and devouring living souls. The female evil ghost obviously belonged to the latter.
"The Old Ghost and the female evil ghost not only killed so many people but also devoured their living souls, making them disappear completely from the world. If such evil ghosts still have a chance to be reincarnated, there will be no justice in the world."
Jiang Jin remembered that he had believed the female evil ghost's lies. His face turned green and then white.
"Master, did I do something stupid just now..."
Guan Sheng smiled and said sarcastically, "You believed whatever the female evil ghost said. You're really naive."
Jiang Jin:...
He felt a bit wronged. "But the ghosts in TV dramas and novels are all very kind. I thought they only told the truth."
Yu Nian glanced at Jiang Jin calmly. "Ghosts are just dead people. If they were cruel and bloodthirsty when they were alive, do you think they'll become gentle and polite after death?"
Jiang Jin pouted and said nothing.
While waiting, Yu Nian wasn't idle. She took out some white candles, incense sticks, and spirit money from her bag and placed them in the eight positions corresponding to the Bagua in the tomb chamber.
Yu Nian dipped her finger in cinnabar and kept drawing something on the ground. Suddenly, she remembered the Pure Yang Formation the Old Ghost had mentioned before.
Yu Nian was a bit confused. From the moment they entered the tomb chamber until now, they had only seen a few tomb - guarding beasts used to restrain the souls of the buried. There was no formation to restrict ghosts at all.
Although the Old Ghost was a liar, he probably wasn't lying about this. His ghostly power was extremely terrifying. If there wasn't a formation suppressing him, he would have already gone out to cause trouble.
Yu Nian clapped her hands and paced to the wall of the tomb passage, looking around. Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
There was a long, narrow square groove on the dim stone wall.
Yu Nian reached out and swept away all the dust on the stone wall. A Yin - Yang Fish Bagua diagram appeared in the center of the stone wall, constantly emitting pure yang energy.
At first glance, the diagram was no different from an ordinary Bagua diagram for exorcism. One yin and one yang, it could probably only stop some newly dead ghosts. It definitely couldn't stop an old evil ghost like the Old Ghost.
Yu Nian found the groove increasingly strange. She stared at it for a while and suddenly found that the shape and width of the groove matched the brocade box Professor Sun had found in the yang tomb chamber.
The moment Yu Nian placed the brocade box in the groove, they fit together perfectly, leaving no gap as if they had never been separated.
At the same time, the stone wall in front of Yu Nian suddenly changed. The wall was densely covered with talismans.
The Bagua diagram slowly turned in a different direction. The two Yin - Yang Fish were also reversed!
This was definitely the Pure Yang Formation. The person who set up the formation back then must have been extremely powerful. He had managed to turn an exorcism talisman into a sealing talisman that used poison to fight poison.
As time passed, the effectiveness of this formation was getting weaker. If the Old Ghost devoured Bai Siyan, his power would be strong enough to break out of the ancient tomb. By then, it would be difficult to subdue this thousand - year old evil ghost!
Yu Nian pondered for a while. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "I have an idea."
As soon as midnight arrived, Yu Nian lit two soul - attracting talismans. The female evil ghost, who had been lying on the ground like seaweed, suddenly propped herself up. Her eyes were glazed as she drifted towards Yu Nian.
Not far away, the Old Ghost, no longer attached to a physical body, floated out of the corner. A faint ghostly fire surrounded him, making him look extremely evil.
The Old Ghost's body was flickering with a blood - red light. He stared at Yu Nian with hatred!