Ghost Hunting Time Redux

Ren Zhao never imagined that his sister and the son of his master would become classmates.

Ren Weiwei continued to talk about Lan Xiang, babbling about how this and that happened...

While what she was talking about went in one ear and out the other, Ren Zhao got an ominous feeling nonetheless.

"Wait, stop talking."

"Hm?"

"Don't tell me... you have a crush on Young Master Lan?"

"Hmmm?" Ren Weiwei sew her mouth shut as she suppressed the blush that was slowly coming out.

"Ah, f*ck. I didn't expect he would become a playboy."

Ren Zhao was, of course, knowledgeable about the fact that Lan Xiang had a fiancée and that they were in love with each other but... deep inside he wanted to support his sister. She was a blood relative, after all.

Well, maybe you can persuade the Young Mistress of the Xie Family to share? Ren Zhao kept these thoughts deep inside his heart.

"Ah, bro, it's not what you're thinking!" Ren Weiwei quickly put a stop to Ren Zhao's thoughts. "Although I do like Xiang, I don't want to get in the way of his happiness..."

Ren Zhao clenched his fist as he saw the wry smile his sister was making. Young Master Lan, you punk! How dare you make my sister sad, huh??

.....

With a glance at the manual, Lan Xiang learned the technique. He moved one of the pill recipes to the backlog to make space for this one.

Apparition Extinction Technique, the Touch of Life

Purple level technique

Training difficulty: Average

Limit: Level 15 (Adolescent Soul Realm)

Effectiveness (Ghost Exorcism): Very hiigh

Element: Wood

Founder: Pu Shi (799 years ago)

Advance: 5000 tech points

Sell value: 1000 tech points

"Finally, another purple level..." Lan Xiang almost shed a tear. He had a bit of a dry spell when it came to high level techniques. The highest one he got in recent times was the Panacea Pill, and even then, it was only a blue level.

"Hmm, but what do I do about this... I can't train it that fast since I've no talent and the training speed is just average. I can't upgrade it either since I'm penalized, not to mention I don't have enough tech points in the first place."

Lan Xiang pursed his lips. "Effectiveness is very high, yeah? I guess I'll just have to rely on that... No one else in the immediate vicinity can use this but me anyway."

Ye Qingle caught up with him. "Wait up! I'm coming with you."

Lan Xiang squinted his eyes through the dark hallway. "Qingle? What are you doing here?"

Ye Qingle shrugged. "I don't really know what in doing here as well..."

"Ha? Then you should go back." He shooed her away. "It's dangerous here."

"Hmph, even though I went out of my way to come here. I won't be going back, I'll be helping you."

"But..."

"I insist." Ye Qingle strode forward, ahead of Lan Xiang.

The latter shook his head with a chuckle. "Then don't complain later on, okay? I already warned you."

Ye Qingle recalled that Lan Xiang had just obtained his current power within the past month or so. "Even though you're stronger than me already, I'm still more experienced regarding these sorts of things. So, you don't need to baby me."

"If you say so..."

The pair walked through the dark hallway.

Even though it was daytime, and the windows were broken, for some reason, sunlight could not get in the building.

The ghosts had also disabled the electricity, and combined with the shattered windows and scattered chairs, it was like they were taking a stroll through an abandoned school.

Lan Xiang had his All-seeing Eye activated the entire time, but he didn't see a single trace of any ghost so far. Meanwhile, Ye Qingle was getting impatient.

"Hey, so... what's your plan of attack, exactly? Walk around till we find something?"

Lan Xiang abruptly stopped his feet as he raised his arm to block Ye Qingle. He gestured for her to keep quiet.

They were situated right on the corner of the hallway.

As silence reigned, any noise would be amplified all the more.

Both Ye Qingle and Lan Xiang heard an arrhythmic breathing pattern coming from the other side of the hallway. Drips of what seemed like water splashed onto the floor, as the sound impatient foot tapping overlapped with it.

Ye Qingle had a nonchalant expression as she snapped her fingers. All of a sudden, she stopped hearing the dripping of the water, as well as the foot tapping.

"I'll subdue this ghost first, then Xiang can exorcise it. Easy."

Glancing at the frozen Lan Xiang, she turned the corner.

She froze.

'Ah, I suppose the sound of breathing did not stop, did it?'

Gazing right at her was a pair of eyes with only a small black dot. The eyeballs were huge, as opposed to the rest of the ghost's face.

Ye Qingle felt chills down her spine for the first time in a while. She shivered uncontrollably as she stared directly at the ghost, who reciprocated her actions.

Her eyes felt itchy. And so she blinked.

At that moment, Ye Qingle decided not to open her eyes once more, as a soft exhale brushed against her neck. She slowly snapped her fingers behind her back.

Snap!

Ye Qingle continued to keep her eyes shut, until the breathing that she felt on her neck disappeared.

She heard the sound of a punch, then some qi, and finally, a shriek at the end.

"Qingle! Are you fine?"

She opened her eyes to see Lan Xiang, looking worried.

"Th, the ghost?"

"I took care of it."

Ye Qingle let out a sigh of relief. "Haah, my techniques don't work against ghosts."

Lan Xiang raised his eyebrows. "What's your technique anyway? You mentioned you use the time element? Wait! You mean... so that's why you suddenly appeared in front of me!"

Ye Qingle shrugged. "Guess there's no use keeping it secret from you anymore."

"Then, your surname..."

She smiled. "Let me reintroduce myself. I am Ye Qingle, the only daughter of the Ye Family Head."

Lan Xiang's brain almost short-circuited. How do I keep running into the daughters of major family heads...

"Okay, nice to meet you. Let me reintroduce myself as well. I'm Lan Xiang, Second Young Master of the Lan Family."

This time, it was Ye Qingle's turn to get shocked. "You... You're from the Lan family??"

"Ahaha, I guess we didn't introduce ourselves properly the first time, huh?" Lan Xiang shrugged.

Ye Qingle chuckled. Her fear of the ghost earlier was dissipating.