"Run?"
The little parrot suddenly spoke, giving Jia Banxian quite a fright.
"Run from what?"
A chill ran down his back. When he turned around, his pupils immediately constricted.
Lu Fei was staring straight at him, and there was something very wrong with his eyes.
"Lu Fei, what's the matter with you?"
Without a word, Lu Fei grabbed him and pushed him towards the dark, dried-up well.
"Lu Fei, what are you doing?"
Jia Banxian used all his strength to brace himself against the edge of the well.
"Don't blame me! Since only one of us can survive, I have to strike first!"
Lu Fei's hands, icy cold like iron clamps, pressed down on Jia Bannian's head firmly.
Most of Jia Bannian's body was about to fall in.
This kid is trying to kill me!
Instantly, anger surged from his heart, and a mysterious force welled up from somewhere, allowing him to seize Lu Fei and press him into the well instead.
"Die! Die for me..."
As he watched Lu Fei's body slowly sink into the well, a sinister smile spread across his face.
"Grandpa!"
Suddenly, a clear, innocent voice rang out by his ear.
He jolted with a start.
"What am I doing?"
Seeing Lu Fei about to fall into the well, he was suddenly startled.
"Oh no! It's a ghostly illusion!" He hurriedly bit his tongue until it bled. The sweet and fishy taste spread in his mouth, and his vision gradually cleared up.
"Half Immortal, get a hold of yourself!"
He discovered that Lu Fei was pulling him with all his might, while the small black dog was biting his trouser leg, and he was standing right at the edge of the well.
"Me, just now?"
"You suddenly went mad and tried to push me into the well! Don't worry, I know you were possessed." Lu Fei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him regain his senses and pulled him away from the well.
"It must be the well spirit looking for a substitute. I'm sorry, your yin constitution makes you more susceptible to these things!"
Jia Banxian, feeling embarrassed, scratched his sparse hair.
"It's alright."
Lu Fei waved it off, not minding, knowing that even if Jia Banxian had another episode, it wouldn't pose a life-threatening risk to him.
However, the well's malevolent energy is quite strong; it would be best to resolve it.
"Oh, right, Lu Fei, did you hear that? It was the little parrot who reminded me. I heard it calling me 'grandpa,' and that's how I came to my senses! These days of raising it haven't been in vain!"
Recalling the earlier peril, Jia Banxian excitedly pulled back the black cloth covering the birdcage.
"Little one, call out again!"
But the little bird had returned to its dazed and confused state. No matter how he questioned it, it no longer spoke. It looked listless, as if lacking energy.
"Did it call? I didn't hear anything." Lu Fei shook his head in confusion, "Was it just your imagination?"
"Impossible! How could it be an illusion if it made me wake up from one?"
Jia Banxian was very firm.
But why could he hear it, while Lu Fei couldn't?
Could it be because he has a constitution that is connected to the yin, making this bird...
Jia Banxian's expression slightly changed: "Lu Fei..."
"Shh!" Lu Fei suddenly became serious, gesturing for him to be quiet, and warily looking in one direction, "Look, something is coming over there again."
"Again?"
Jia Banxian followed his gaze and couldn't help but be startled.
Not far away, under a lush tree.
A woman in a red dress stood quietly.
The woman was pacing back and forth under the tree, as if searching for something.
The strange things in this park just keep coming one after another.
"A female ghost in a red dress?!"
Jia Banxian immediately became tense, quickly covering the little parrot with a black cloth.
"Don't alarm her yet." Lu Fei lowered his voice.
The two of them moved carefully and quietly, bringing the little black dog with them as they cautiously retreated toward the door.
Ghosts can be ordinary or powerful.
Those that appear hazy or in white clothing don't have much resentment and have a limited impact on people. If you accidentally encounter one, the worst that can happen is a few days of bad luck or a minor illness.
If a person has strong yang energy, such ghosts will even avoid them to prevent being dispersed by the yang energy.
The ghosts that can harm people are mostly shadow ghosts. These ghosts look like dark shadows and carry a lot of resentment. Even people with strong yang energy can't withstand them, but if dealt with promptly, death is not very likely.
Among the harmful ghostly beings, the more powerful ones are the red-clothed vengeful ghosts.
These ghosts usually died in extremely tragic circumstances and are burdened with deep resentment. Once they set out to harm someone, the person rarely has a chance to survive. Even cultivators from the mystical sects who lack sufficient cultivation cannot handle these ghosts.
At this moment.
The woman, dressed in a red dress, was clearly a red-clothed vengeful ghost. She appeared silently, giving the little black dog no time to react; she could not be underestimated!
She was under the tree, not finding what she was looking for, and suddenly turned her head to look towards Lu Fei and the other person.
The two of them immediately stopped in their tracks.
The hem of her red dress swayed, and a wave of an unpleasant stench wafted over. In the blink of an eye, the woman appeared before them.
Her face was indistinct in the darkness, and a hoarse, weary voice came from her throat.
"Have you... seen my child? I can't find him."
Looking for a child!
It really was the ghost the taxi driver mentioned! However, it wasn't holding a child in its arms.
Lu Fei and Jia Banxian exchanged a glance, both of them remaining silent.
One must be cautious when answering questions from a ghost; a wrong answer could invite death.
Without showing any change in his expression, Lu Fei switched his ghost-whipping whip for a thunderstruck jujube wood stick.
"Have you...seen my child?"
The woman asked again.
The two still pretended not to hear her.
The woman glared at them阴恻恻地盯了他们一会,红色的身影一闪,忽地消失了.with a sinister gaze for a moment, and then her red figure suddenly flashed and vanished.
"She's gone just like that?"
Jia Banxian breathed a slight sigh of relief, somewhat disbelieving.
"The Red-dressed Malevolent Ghost is extremely dangerous. We still need to find the former owner of the little parrot. It's best to avoid it if we can. Let's go now!"
"Alright!" Lu Fei nodded.
Just as the two were about to leave, that eerie red figure reappeared in front of them, even closer this time.
Sure enough, it wasn't that easy to get rid of her!
The two of them frowned.
"Have you... seen my child? I can't find him!"
Her red skirt swayed, and the woman's figure floated closer, her hoarse voice becoming anxious as she persistently repeated the same question.
"Have you... seen my child?"
An unpleasant stench filled their nostrils. Lu Fei took a step forward, shielding Jia Baxian behind him.
"I haven't seen him." He replied softly, testing the woman's reaction.
Since this ghost had clearly latched onto them, it certainly wouldn't let them off easily if they didn't respond.
"Oh..."
From a distance of three to four meters, the woman stared at Lu Fei for a while, seemingly disappointed, then lowered her head and walked away in another direction.
Is that all it takes?
Lu Feike did not think it was that simple.
Sure enough, before he and Jia Banxian could even take a step, the woman suddenly turned around, her two pupilless eyes filled with malice.
"I can't find him... you must have hidden him!"