Chapter 1: When did I transmigrate?
Another week passed.
Qin Liu and Liu Haoyu’s relationship was as plain as ever. If anything, the two were rarely apart now.
They even went into the bathroom together for sleeping and bathing.
Although Qin Liu didn’t need to bathe, it didn’t stop her from watching Liu Haoyu bathe, and if there was time, she could even help him dry off.
Apart from Liu Zining, no one else knew about their relationship.
Bai Anting had successfully returned to the Human World, but it was unknown how long the Nekomata’s interrogation would last.
The long wait brought everything back to a calm routine.
That night, Qin Liu lay in bed early as usual. She leaned against Liu Haoyu, whose hand would constantly rest on her thigh.
This caused the latter to give him a sidelong glance.
However, she didn’t mind too much.
The two embraced and slept.
In a deep and distant dream…
Qin Liu felt that the surrounding environment was exceptionally cold, and she seemed to be tightly bound by something.
She couldn’t open her eyes, but she could clearly feel that she was in the center of a formation made of blood.
Beside her were five Ghost Exorcists, busy with something.
This dream… Qin Liu had encountered it more than once.
But for some reason, this time she felt it was exceptionally real.
It was as if she had personally experienced it.
No, why would I have personally experienced something like this?
Didn’t I wake up in the Haunted House?
While Qin Liu was confused, the Ghost Exorcists around her kept talking.
“The live sacrifice seems to be fine. Next, we’ll implant the Night Walker’s spiritual body into her.”
“Master Gu Qianyang…” The speaker was a cat-girl with two tails. “Isn’t she the child you adopted?”
“It’s fine,” the elderly man said, looking at the young girl in the Black Coffin. “All these sacrifices are worth it.”
“Indeed,” another Ghost Exorcist by Gu Qianyang’s side said, “It’s better than sacrificing your own child, Master Gu. But this little girl is quite cute. What’s her name?”
“Qin Liu.”
The Nekomata looked at Gu Qianyang’s cold face and said nothing more.
Gu Qianyang adopted this child, but she didn’t share his surname.
This meant that, from the beginning, this child was just a live sacrifice to seal the Night Walker.
“It’s midnight. The ritual can begin.”
Gu Qianyang tapped the floor with his cane and said.
“Let’s start early to avoid any further complications.”
“Yes!”
The ritual began. With the Black Coffin at the center, the blood-colored patterns around it emitted a scarlet glow.
Qin Liu, located within the Black Coffin, felt as if she was sinking into water. Her soul was suffering the despair and pain of being torn apart, reassembled, and torn apart again.
But she couldn’t utter a single word.
Her body seemed to be frozen.
Her pupils gradually became unfocused, until finally, even her spirit became numb.
Her body kept sinking, falling…
At this moment, the girl in the Black Coffin opened her hollow eyes.
In just an instant.
All the blood-colored patterns exploded violently.
It was as if lava spewing from the 18 levels of hell had ignited the entire mansion.
Three of the Ghost Exorcists standing by the Black Coffin were killed on the spot.
Gu Qianyang was also blown away, severely injured.
“What’s going on?!”
Gu Qianyang’s wrinkled face showed an expression of disbelief.
“Why did the live sacrifice fail?!”
In the reflection of the firelight, his expression appeared exceptionally ferocious.
“Never mind that, run!”
The Nekomata beside him grabbed the old man. Now was not the time to be shocked.
The two escaped the Haunted House, and the raging fire was completely engulfed by the basement.
People outside had already descended into chaos. They kept trying to pour water to extinguish the fire, but against a fire of this magnitude, human strength was too insignificant.
And it seemed someone saw a figure in red, appearing and disappearing in the firelight…
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“Hoo!”
Qin Liu suddenly woke up from her dream.
Her Red wedding dress was already soaked with sweat and stuck to her skin.
Gently pulling away her clothes, the cold night wind blew, causing Qin Liu’s body to tremble slightly involuntarily.
Everything in her dream was too real.
So real that it felt unlike the memories of “Qin Liu” herself.
It felt as if she had experienced it personally.
When did I transmigrate?
Qin Liu frantically searched her memory, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t recall.
It felt like she had been in the Haunted House after waking up, or perhaps… she had woken up wrapped in a cotton blanket, lying on the cold doorstep.
The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
Had she possessed the body of Qin Liu, who had become a ghost?
Or had she possessed Qin Liu first, and then become a ghost?
Qin Liu couldn’t remember. She felt a dull ache in her brain.
“Hoo…”
She tried to calm herself down, but her mind was a mess, and she couldn’t find peace no matter what.
Unable to help herself, the young girl got out of bed and walked towards the restroom.
It was 2:30 AM. Even in the extremely prosperous Jiangquan City, it had become exceptionally quiet.
Qin Liu scooped up some water and wet her small face.
Now, Qin Liu could clearly feel that her control over the Guide’s abilities seemed to be improving.
In the past, she couldn’t touch water, but later, for some reason, she could.
She could even eat normally and no longer needed Liu Haoyu to help with offerings.
But even so, the man hadn’t stopped offering incense.
It was still the same even now.
Leaving the restroom, Qin Liu looked at the ancestral shrine in the main hall.
She didn’t know when Liu Haoyu had bought this thing, Qin Liu had never noticed.
The first time she saw a stocking placed on it, she was completely frozen.
At that time, she was both shy and annoyed, but now she didn’t feel anything.
Perhaps this was what it meant to be used to something.
Qin Liu sighed.
So be it, who made her destined to be a stand for white stockings?
“The Ghost Gate is wide open, living people retreat…”
At this moment, a long, echoing voice came from the room.
A blood-colored iron door appeared before Qin Liu.
The door slowly opened, and the tall Black Impermanence stepped out, bending over.
“Long time no see,”
The Under said, bowing slightly after seeing Qin Liu.
“As per your request, I have recorded all information regarding the Black Coffin on this paper and handed it to you.”
Qin Liu looked at the paper Black Impermanence handed over and nodded blankly.
“Thank you. But speaking of which, where is that Nekomata?”
“The boundary between the living and the dead cannot be crossed. She will be taken to the Hall of Yama for judgment and will never be able to return to the Human World.”
