Chapter 511: Chapter 511: The Long-haired, Face-covered, Hanged Ghost_1
It was the early days of March, the new moon had long set, with only a few dim stars faintly flickering in the night. The sealed cabin was immersed in utter darkness.
Qin Sisi lit a candle, intending to inspect the interior of the cabin, but the sight before her eyes made her gasp in surprise.
A thick rope was hanging from a beam, and a figure in a skirt was slowly swaying back and forth from it.
Ye You tilted his head slightly upward, squinting at the figure floating above.
Didn’t Ding Jiayuan always clamor about joining Qin Sisi in ghost hunting? Why not let her encounter a real ghost, so she would stop pestering her in the future?
A Revealing Soul Pill appeared in Ye You’s claws. He crushed it into a powder, flicked his claws and sprinkled it over the dangling ghost.
This method could also temporarily materialize the ghost, although the duration was shorter compared to when a ghost ingested the pill directly.
A few minutes later, the swinging ghost appeared before the eyes of the Ding family siblings.
"Ah!" cried Ding Jiayuan, her face pale. She curled herself into a ball, letting out a terrified scream.
Just as Qin Sisi was about to comfort her, she saw a blue light flash past. Ding Jiayuan slumped to the ground, unconscious, her screams abruptly silenced.
A flicker of resignation crossed Ye You’s eyes. If she was scared to such an extent, how could she possibly muster the courage to catch ghosts?
Clearly noticing the reason behind Ding Jiayuan’s collapse, Qin Sisi shot Ye You a reproachful look.
Ye You meowed in explanation, "I didn’t expect her to be so faint-hearted."
Qin Sisi glared at him, then turned to tend to Ding Jiayuan.
"Yuan Yuan!" Upon seeing his sister collapse, Ding Jiawang rushed up, intending to help her.
Blocking him, Qin Sisi said solemnly, "Don’t you think it’s better for her to be unconscious?"
Matters of ghosts and deities were ultimately too horrifying. With Ding Jiayuan being young and innocent, it might leave a lasting scar on her. Better to let her pass out and upon waking, brush it off as a dream.
Ding Jiawang was momentarily stunned, but he quickly realized Qin Sisi’s intentions. However, he continued to look at Ding Jiayuan with concern.
Qin Sisi reassured him gently, "Don’t worry. Once this is over, I will wake her up. I assure you, she will be just as healthy as before."
He sighed in relief. After a glance at his sister, he returned to Qin Sisi’s side. Together, they gazed at the figure swinging from the beams. In truth, he was terrified himself.
The figure was translucent, its cold yin energy permeating the air. Even though it hadn’t uttered a sound, she was certain that the figure was a ghost.
Noticing a fallen stool not far from her feet, she walked over, picked it up and set it right. She then placed the candle on it, freeing her hands.
She did all this in a calm and unhurried manner. Seeing her composed demeanor, Ding Jiawang felt slightly less terrified.
Having completed these tasks, Qin Sisi looked up, about to communicate with the swaying ghost when a sudden peal of laughter, sounding like silver bells, filled the cabin.
"Haha... so many people have come. I won’t be alone anymore, how wonderful, haha..."
Ding Jiawang felt his hair standing on end. A cold sensation trickled from his feet to the top of his head, freezing him on the spot.
He looked pleadingly at Qin Sisi, who, however remained unfazed, with not a hint of fear on her face.
She gazed at the ghost in mid-air, her voice clear and resonant, "That’s right, with so many guests, isn’t it your duty as the host to welcome us?"
The ghost that had been wobbling in mid-air suddenly stopped moving and stayed still.
Although faced with long hair as if seeing it from the back, Qin Sisi could feel the ghost assessing her.
But after waiting for a while, the ghost made no further move and stopped speaking.
Qin Sisi silently guessed, with the ghost wearing a skirt and laughing like a bell, it must be a woman in her prime!
She stared at the ghost and deliberately softened her tone: "Your voice is very nice. I guess your face must be pretty too!"
The ghost’s body visibly shook, she jumped off the thick rope that she was hanging from with her long hair facing Qin Sisi, there was a hint of anger in her voice: "You don’t need to mock me. I will make you the same as me soon."
As she spoke, she raised one hand and the thick rope hanging from the beam gently landed in her hand.
Only then Qin Sisi realized, it was not a rope at all, but a long red scarf.
"Go." At the ghost’s order, the long scarf, as if it had eyes, flew towards Qin Sisi’s neck.
Qin Sisi’s eyes grew cold, quickly pulling Ding Jiawang behind her, her palm straight, and shouted: "Fireball Technique!"
A fist-sized fireball launched from her palm and went straight against the long scarf.
With a "puff" sound, the long scarf was turned into ashes by the fireball launched by Qin Sisi. After completing its mission, the fireball quickly extinguished.
The ghost was shocked and asked Qin Sisi anxiously: "You’re a mage?"
"Yes." Qin Sisi calmly answered.
The ghost took two steps back and asked in a panic: "What do you want to do? I’ve never hurt anyone."
"Really never?" Qin Sisi raised her eyebrows, put more force on her palm and launched another fireball. It flew past the ghost, and landed on the closed window.
The window frames and wood started to burn under the fireball’s influence, illuminating the cabin. Things that couldn’t be seen or were unclear before came into view.
Qin Sisi pointed to the unconscious Wu Menglei in the corner and coldly asked: "Doesn’t luring people’s souls count as harming them?"
The ghost stuttered in her defense: "He intruded here himself. I... I was just too lonely and wanted someone to accompany me."
Qin Sisi frowned and spoke in a deep voice: "You should know that if a soul leaves the body, the body will die within seven days at most, right?"
Based on the Yin energy, the ghost hanging here had been dead for decades, but her malicious aura wasn’t heavy. She hadn’t been practicing properly over the years, so her spiritual power wasn’t strong.
This ghost seemed a bit like Shu Wanyi from before, also a coward. After finding out that Qin Sisi was a mage with stronger mana than her, she had already decided to compromise in her heart.
She pointed to Wu Menglei’s soul and said: "No one came to look for him, right? Since you’re here, take him with you!"
Qin Sisi turned to look at Ye You who nodded slightly. With a "retrieve" gesture from his claw, Wu Menglei’s soul was pulled into his Portable Space.
Ding Jiawang let out a sigh of relief behind her, not feeling as scared anymore. It seems that Qin Sisi was really capable, so easily retrieving Wu Menglei’s soul.
Now that the task was completed, they should be able to leave. He really didn’t want to stay in this creepy cabin any longer.
However, Qin Sisi didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving immediately. She stared at the ghost, who had been facing them with her hair all along and asked, "Why do you cover your face?"
At first, she thought that the ghost was showing her back, but she later realized that wasn’t the case. The movements of the ghost were natural, so she concluded that the ghost was facing her, only that her face was covered by her long hair.
