Chapter 15: Remember Her Name
“How strange, what’s wrong with this driver?” Liu Haoyu scratched his head, watching the car drive away.
Since Liu Haoyu had no candles, he was unaware that a small tail was following him. Most importantly, he seemed a little accustomed to this chilling feeling.
Entering the haunted house, he looked at the dilapidated house and said melancholically, “This place is really broken, like a ruin. Although it’s five thousand, it will probably cost at least ten thousand to renovate later.”
Faced with Liu Haoyu’s words, the little tail behind him was naturally displeased. The fierce ghost grumbled indignantly, “Your home is broken, your home is a ruin!”
Qin Liu’s confidence increased significantly after returning to the haunted house. She left Hong Yu and drifted away.
As for Liu Haoyu, he returned to the young girl’s boudoir. Since he had been out all night, the incense on the shrine had been extinguished. But for some reason, these red embroidered shoes were still here. Logically, after the incense went out, the fierce ghost should have taken the shoes back. If she had taken the shoes back, he might have been able to find her location.
“It’s strange,” Liu Haoyu murmured as he lay on the bed, feeling the slightly warm atmosphere in the room. “Why is this fierce ghost so well-behaved today?” Even if she had discovered his profession, with her strength, she shouldn’t be hiding.
“Whatever, if you don’t come out, then don’t come out.” Liu Haoyu took out that black book. Although the content of this book was somewhat unsightly and made one’s mouth dry, it was indeed a very powerful ghost-catching tool. Liu Haoyu did not know its name. He found it on the corpse of a ghost exorcis who had been killed by a fierce ghost. Liu Haoyu had asked Old Deng, but Old Deng only knew its function and not its name. So later, Liu Haoyu casually called it the black book. How could a name be such an inconvenient thing? However, two blank pages had appeared on it, which meant he could ask something again.
Liu Haoyu sat on the bed, pondered for a moment, then bit his finger and wrote on it, “Where is the fierce ghost in this haunted house?” As soon as he wrote it, the bloodstains on it converged into blood beads and sprayed out directly. It was clear that it did not want to answer this question. Or perhaps it was afraid to answer? This was the first time Liu Haoyu had seen the black book in such a state. Even when he had encountered a very powerful fierce ghost before, the black book would answer his questions very politely. Could it be that the fierce ghost in this haunted house was really too strong for him to handle?
Since the black book did not want to answer this question, Liu Haoyu had to compromise and asked, “What is the origin of the fierce ghost in the haunted house?” Compared to the previous question, this one was not so sharp, so after the blood on the black book rotated for a while, a page of text appeared.
“What you have encountered is the most ferocious fierce ghost in legends. Her origin is very strange, even I cannot see through her fate. But one thing is certain, her strength is extremely terrifying. Once she awakens, this entire area will become a land of the underworld, and any living being that enters will be dragged into hell. With your strength, it is impossible to change all of this, so the only advice I can give you is…”
“Run quickly! Run without looking back!”
“…” The last two lines of blood on the black book were trembling slightly. This book was afraid. Liu Haoyu looked at the lines of blood, then at the remaining blank pages, and began to ponder. He faintly remembered that on his way back, when he closed his eyes to rest, he had a very realistic dream. But it wasn’t a terrifying nightmare. It was just a young girl in a red wedding dress sitting uneasily beside him. She held his sleeve, looking quite nervous. When he woke up, he saw nothing. But the realistic feeling made Liu Haoyu unable to forget it, and the fragrance from the girl in red seemed to still linger on him.
Recalling the girl in the red wedding dress in his dream, Liu Haoyu wrote on the black book, “You say… is the fierce ghost in this haunted house beautiful?”
Faced with Liu Haoyu’s question, the black book was obviously stunned. The blood on it stopped for a long time before moving again.
“Humans and ghosts are different paths, I advise you not to lust after the fierce ghost.”
“Everyone has dreams, right?” Liu Haoyu looked at the black book seriously.
After another period of silence, the latter wrote, “None of the people you have met in your life are as beautiful as her.” This could be said to be the greatest compliment to the fierce ghost’s appearance and also aroused Liu Haoyu’s great curiosity. However, he was a human, and without some method, it was difficult to see these super-strong fierce ghosts. Especially since the owner of this haunted house was much stronger than him, it was even harder to see her. He could only get a glimpse through the dream-like state. But thinking of this, Liu Haoyu felt a little strange again. If the female ghost in the red wedding dress was so powerful, why didn’t she take back the red embroidered shoes? The seal on the shrine generally shouldn’t stop her.
In response, the black book continued to explain, “It is uncomfortable for a fierce ghost to approach the shrine. It’s like if your shoes fall into a cesspool, would you still pick them up?”
“…”
Alright, she really didn’t dare to pick them up. He didn’t know what was going on, but the black book’s way of speaking had become much more down-to-earth since entering this haunted house.
“I need to communicate with this fierce ghost. Do you have any methods?” Faced with Liu Haoyu’s question, the blood on the black book jumped for a while, and then wrote.
“If you insist, I will not advise you further. For the strength of that fierce ghost, ordinary ghost asking is already useless. You must use a more perilous method to invite her out. This method is called ghost sacrifice.”
“You need to light red and blue candles at the time with the strongest yin energy of the day. You need to prepare offerings that the fierce ghost likes and pray piously, calling the fierce ghost’s name with your blood. Until the midnight bell rings, the worshipped fierce ghost will naturally come to find you. Seeing the offerings, if she is satisfied, she will blow out the blue candle and meet you. If she is not satisfied, she will blow out the red candle and strip your soul from your body. Finally, please remember her name – Qin Liu.”
By the time it finished writing, there was only a palm-sized space left on the black book. Liu Haoyu had understood the method of ghost sacrifice, but he still needed to know one more thing, which was the most important part of ghost sacrifice – the offerings. So Liu Haoyu wrote on it, “By the way, does this fierce ghost like stockings?”
“…?”
