Chapter 62: The Unlucky Star 09

  Several people in the study listened to Gu Yin finish telling the origin of the jade tank, the purpose of the jade tank, and that in order to solve the problem on Ye Cheng's body, they must summon the dead soul inside the jade tank to remove the mark on Ye Cheng's body. After that, several people waited eagerly for Gu Yin to explain how to summon the dead soul inside the jade tank, waiting quietly for a long time, but saw Gu Yin frowning at the jade tank, with a thoughtful expression, and did not intend to speak again.

  "Then what?" Yu Chengchen, the person involved, couldn't help but ask anxiously, "What can be done to invite out the deceased spirit inside this jade coffin?"

  He cleared the deep thought from his eyes, lifted his eyelids and said slowly: "The descendants who offer sacrifices to this ancestral temple can present a special offering, please let the spirits of the ancestors appear."

  "Didn't you say that the Jade Altar had been abandoned for a long time?" Ye Cheng's eyes twitched slightly, and then he said in despair, "Where do you want me to find the descendants of the Jade Altar's deceased? In the underworld?"

  "Or you can wait for that ghost to get bored and run out on its own, then you can beg it." Gu Yin said casually.

  Ye Cheng's face collapsed as he stared at Gu Yin, didn't you agree to help me solve the problem? What kind of attitude is this, abandoning me at the critical moment?!

  ……

  Xu Gao had dinner delivered to the hotel room, and after eating, Xu Gao bid farewell and left. Ye Cheng then went upstairs to the study, continuing to examine the jade tank.

  It seems that Gu Yin won't ignore him for the time being, but since he hasn't left yet, it means he doesn't intend to give up halfway. Of course, he also doesn't plan to take action for now. As an ordinary person and victim who has no ability in this supernatural aspect, all Ye Cheng can do is stare at the jade urn, waiting for the vengeful spirit to appear and... kneel down to beg her to spare his life?

  Ye Cheng silently covered his face, he had subconsciously taken Gu Yin's casual suggestion to heart......his heart was so tired......

  Zhou Jun was idle and had nothing to do, so he leaned on his cane and followed Ye Cheng to the study. At first, Song Meng felt uneasy about the jade urn containing ashes, but after looking at it for a long time, she didn't see anything strange happening, and no matter how she looked at it, it seemed like just an exquisite piece of jade work. So, her courage grew a bit, and she also followed Zhou Jun upstairs to join in on the fun.

  The living room downstairs was left with only Qin Fei and Gu Yin.

  Gu Yin sat on the sofa directly facing the TV, propping his chin with one hand, watching the heroine in the TV crying her heart out on the street. Qin Fei saw this scene and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Gu Yin beside him. Gu Yin's expression was as calm as usual, with a hint of indifference, but Qin Fei somehow knew that Gu Yin's mind was not on the TV drama at all, or rather, he hadn't taken in anything.

  "What are you thinking?" Qin Fei asked unintentionally.

  "It's nothing." Gu Yin straightened his body.

  "Ye Cheng's matter... you actually had other ways to do it, right?" Thinking back to when Gu Yin was staring at the jade altar, that segment of obvious abnormal silence, Qin Fei felt that it should have been at that moment when Gu Yin changed his mind and gave Ye Cheng those two unreliable solutions.

  "The soul in the jade coffin, due to the erosion of the scriptures on the coffin, has greatly weakened her resistance to some filthy things. She can't hold on for much longer, at most half a month later, she will disappear. So, nothing needs to be done, when the time comes, the mark she left behind will also disappear with her dispersal." Gu Yin did not hide it from Qin Fei, and Qin Fei asked him, he told the truth.

  "Why didn't you tell Ye Cheng about this?" Qin Fei looked at Gu Yin with puzzlement.

  Gu Yin crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair, and relaxed his posture, exuding a lazy air. A familiar smirk spread across his face, with a hint of malice, "He threatened me with the protective charm to make me take action, why should I be so considerate and tell him the truth?"

  Qin Fei: "......" So, is this revenge? This person really has a small mind... However, what Ye Cheng said at the time, if there's a problem that can't be solved, please ask him to stay by his side during filming, is this a threat to Gu Yin? Qin Fei couldn't quite understand.

  Gazing at the word "threat" with a profound meaning, Qin Fei's eyes scanned over and stopped at the second floor, at the corner of the study. He didn't immediately take action to help Ye Cheng solve the problem. One reason was that Ye Cheng had previously tried to cling to him, which annoyed him. Another reason was that the deceased soul in the jade urn could be considered an old acquaintance...

  It was past midnight, and the darkness of the night was as black as ink. This is when people's sleep is usually at its deepest.

  Gu Yin, lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes, turned on the bedside lamp, lifted the quilt, got up and sat on the bed with his legs crossed, looking towards the door with an unfriendly gaze.

  Before long, a woman walked in through the door.

  She wore a pink short shirt and long skirt, with a silk ribbon tied around her waist, wide sleeves rolled up at the waist, and outer protective sleeve embroidery. Her face was beautiful, her temperament gentle, like a noble lady who walked out of an ancient painting.

  "That soul in the jade basin is indeed you." Gu Yin's gaze fell on the woman, and he didn't feel much surprise at her appearance, or rather, it was completely within his expectations.

  "Do you want to stop me?" The woman's eyes looked at Gu Yin with a gloomy gaze, and her cold words echoed slowly. She said it wasn't ghostly language, but ordinary people could also hear the words.

  Gu Yin sneered: "I don't need to do anything, in another ten days or half a month, this wisp of your soul will naturally return to nothingness."

  "In this period of time, I will take him away." The woman's gloomy eyes revealed a hint of sorrow.

  "I don't know what kind of relationship you have with Ye Cheng, but you've been dead for hundreds of years, why are you still stuck on something?"

  The woman looked at Gu Yin and said calmly, "I heard that you guarded the Yin River for a thousand years just to see that person again in reincarnation? Compared to obsession, I am completely unable to compare with you. You have reached this point, you should be able to do more than me. Or, after being reborn as a human, did you learn to be compassionate and wash away the sins of having to wait in the Yin River for over a thousand years?"

  "Shen Tai Lan." Gu Yin looked at the woman with a gaze that sent chills down her spine.

  The corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a warm and sinister smile. "Ye Cheng... he's the one I deeply love! I've watched him reincarnate life after life, now that I'm leaving, I'll take him with me. Don't interfere with my plans..."

  The woman named Shen Qianlan said as she came, and then she floated out of Gu Yin's room through the door.

  Gu Yin withdrew his gaze and slightly furrowed his brow.

  The vengeful spirits in this kind of altar were generally fierce ghosts who had seen bloodshed and committed murder, making it difficult for them to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Later, under certain circumstances, they encountered a wise man who enlightened them, inscribed scriptures on jade altars to protect their souls, handed them over to the descendants of the deceased, used tens of thousands of grains of rice to eliminate their resentment, and enshrined them in black sandalwood boxes for worship. The vengeful spirits in the altar would then bless the descendants with peace and security.

  In ancient times, there were sayings about the souls of the dead in this kind of urn, as well as the immortals in the urn. Although not accurate, it is also apt that these lost souls are beings that transcend yin and yang, and after a hundred years of cultivation, they can condense into a physical body, but they are not people of the mundane world.

  However, the vengeful spirit is still a vengeful spirit after all, and its existence is fragile. If it loses the support of later generations and falls into the hands of people with evil intentions, it will be refined into a ghostly instrument, losing its self-awareness. If it luckily doesn't fall into the hands of people with evil intentions, as long as the scriptures on the jade platform are intact, there is no problem. But once the scriptures are damaged, the vengeful spirit can easily be invaded by worldly desires, gradually lose its original nature, and transform into a malevolent ghost's ferocity, ultimately unable to bear it and completely disperse.

  These two, Shen Qianlan obviously belongs to the latter. Moreover, she is clearly in the process of becoming a fierce ghost. Gu Yin has never met a fallen immortal who walked to the end of the road, although he knows that soon, Shen Qianlan's soul will automatically disperse, but he doesn't know what means the reincarnated fierce ghost's soul has at the end, which makes her so confident that she can take Ye Cheng away in the end.

  Gu Yin considered whether to send Shen Qianlan away early, although Shen Qianlan was an old acquaintance, their relationship was only that they had met a few times near the Yin River 500 years ago.

  Just then, he heard a few muffled noises coming from the corridor outside his room, followed by Qin Fei's urgent cry of surprise. Gu Yin's face changed, and he quickly jumped out of bed, opened the door, and ran out barefoot.

  Outside the house, on the corridor, Qin Fei was wearing a suit, sitting on the ground, one hand grasping the pillar of the railing, and the other holding a teacup. His head was tilted back stiffly, and in front of him stood a figure in pink, who was none other than Shen Qianlan, who had just come out of Gu Yin's room.

  Gu Yin's face changed, and he took a step forward, shielding Qin Fei behind him. His gloomy eyes fell on Shen Qianlan.

  Shen Cai's face revealed a frightened expression, but it wasn't because of the murderous intent floating in Gu Yin's eyes. Although Qin Fei was blocked by Gu Yin from her line of sight, her gaze still fell on Qin Fei. She was frightened because of Qin Fei.

  "Who are... who are..." Shen Qianlan stammered and whispered in a low voice, but the words were not formed into sentences.

  At this time, the doors of the two rooms next door were also opened, and Zhou Jun and Song Meng walked out into the corridor.

  "What's going on?" Song Meng rubbed his sleepy eyes and slowly walked out into the corridor.

  Shen Cai Lan pursed her lips, reined in the emotions on her face, took two steps back, and bowed respectfully to Qin Fei before disappearing into thin air.

  Shen Cai Lan's figure disappeared, and the corridor fell into a silence.

  Song Meng's mouth was agape, staring blankly at the spot where Shen Qianlan had disappeared. Zhou Jun remained silent, but his gaze was clearly fixed on the same spot as Song Meng's.

  Gu Yin swept a glance at the two of them and reached out to pull Qin Fei up from the ground.

  "What the hell? What's wrong with that woman?" Qin Fei had just stood up when he heard Song Meng, who had come back to his senses, shout out.