Chapter 18: Ye Chen's Fury

Ye Nan saw Lin Ruoxi and Ye Chen walk out of Gui Wu, for some reason he actually turned his head and glanced at Gui Wu.

He kept looking at Gui Wu and always felt a chill behind his back.

So he quickly turned back and shouted at Lin Ruoxi and Ye Chen: "Hey, wait for me!"

Not long after, Ye Chen's family walked out of Gui Wu.

After Ye Chen led Lin Ruoxi and Ye Nan out of Gui Wu, he said to the two of them: "Mom and Dad, you go play first, I'm going to the toilet; if anything comes up, contact me via the smartwatch."

Ye Chen finished speaking, and before Lin Ruoxi and Ye Nan could react, he hurriedly ran toward the toilet.

After Ye Chen left, Ye Nan looked at Lin Ruoxi; Lin Ruoxi sensed Ye Nan's gaze, said nothing, snorted, and walked forward.

Ye Nan knew Lin Ruoxi wasn't really angry, but was worried about him, so he hurriedly caught up to Lin Ruoxi and sincerely apologized beside her.

"Honey, I really know I was wrong; please forgive me this once, okay?"

However, Lin Ruoxi merely turned her head aside and did not respond to Ye Nan's words.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen did not go to the toilet, but turned back and returned to Gui Wu.

Upon entering Gui Wu, the first thing he did was block the surveillance; as for what effect this would have, he didn't care and needn't care—such electronic devices having a glitch is quite normal.

He arrived at Gui Wu, and since the next round of the Gui Wu game hadn't started yet, Gui Wu currently had only him inside.

He stood in Gui Wu, sensing the little girl spirit's aura, but surprisingly, he could not sense the little girl spirit's aura.

"It seems there is still some treasure on her that can shield my perception."

Ye Chen thought this, and the next moment he shouted at the empty corridor: "I know you're watching me; I also know you'rehere—come out quickly, I can help you."

After Ye Chen finished speaking, the corridor had no movement at all, as if truly no one was there.

Seeing this, Ye Chen said: "If you still don't come out, I really won't care about you anymore; just now I revealed my strength to you—you should know that with my strength I can help you."

"Really? Do you truly want to help me?"

After Ye Chen finished speaking, an ethereal and childlike voice suddenly sounded.

"Indeed."

As Ye Chen's words fell, a soul body drilled out from the wall beside him.

At first sight of her, Ye Chen instantly understood: the little girl spirit's soul body was pure and spotless, protected by the rules, which is why it shielded his divine sense.

At the same time, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

【Powerful fierce ghost! Host, flee quickly—you are no match for her; if you fight this fierce ghost before you, you will only have your essence sucked dry by her and become a living corpse.】

【It is advised to flee immediately; within three breaths you still have time to escape—three, two, one, spicy! Facing such a powerful fierce ghost, the host has no choice to flee; here, I cannot help but admire the host's bravery, but only that, because you are about to die.】

Ye Chen listened to the system's words and actively ignored them, because in his perception the little girl spirit before him was at most at the peak of Qi Refining layer one—how could it possibly threaten him?

Moreover, her soul body is pure and spotless—how could it possibly be the fierce ghost the system spoke of?

So Ye Chen simply regarded the system as spouting nonsense.

"Who are you? Why are you so powerful?"

As soon as the little girl spirit appeared, she threw out two questions, seeming very curious about Ye Chen.

"I am Ye Chen, a cultivator; and you? What is your name? And why are you here?"

"Me?"

After the little girl spirit said that, she bit her own index finger, remained silent for a long while, as if lost in memory.

"I seem to be called Bai Lingling; I have a mother who loves me dearly, and also a fierce father."

"Hmm?"

Ye Chen heard Bai Lingling's words and instantly understood; the problem here likely lies with Bai Lingling's father.

Bai Lingling didn't notice Ye Chen's expression, but kept talking on her own: "Father loves to drink; when drunk he beats Mother and me—I don't know how long this life has lasted.

I don't know why Father treats Mother and me this way; I only know this period has been enough—very difficult and painful.

One day, Mother took me and fled that home, but not long after escaping, Father found us and dragged Mother and me back to that home I did not want to return to.

That day Mother was beaten terribly; I felt my heart ache terribly, I begged Father not to beat Mother, but Father didn't hear my words, he shoved me aside and continued beating Mother.

Mother lay on the ground screaming in great pain, and watching her made my heart ache terribly as well.

I struggled to stand, lunged onto Mother; Father's fist had no time to react, it heavily struck me, and then I lost consciousness; when I regained consciousness, I found myself in this place."

After hearing Bai Lingling's words, Ye Chen's heart burned with fury; he wished he could go right now and slaughter that beast.

He took a deep breath to calm his emotions; Bai Lingling looked at Ye Chen puzzled, not knowing what he was doing, just feeling it was strange.

Ye Chen now lowered his head, thinking about how to resolve this matter.

"Logically, the longer a soul stays in the human world, the less it remembers; but perhaps because she protects her mother, she has great filial merit added, plus her pure nature, so she has not been affected by the world's turbid qi.

That is also why she has not forgotten her own affairs."

Ye Chen thought this, then suddenly thought of a question; he raised his head to look at Bai Lingling and asked her:

"Can you not get out of here?"

Bai Lingling shook her head and said: "I can't get out; it seems there is an invisible barrier trapping me here."

"So that's how it is..."

Ye Chen said softly.

He pondered for a while; Bai Lingling saw he wasn't speaking, so she also waited quietly beside him, saying nothing.

Suddenly, Ye Chen seemed to think of something; he abruptly raised his head, looked at Bai Lingling, and said: "Wait here for now; I'll come rescue you in two days."

Upon hearing Ye Chen could rescue her out, Bai Lingling instantly became overjoyed; she excitedly asked: "Really!?"

"Indeed, but on the condition that you stop absorbing others' essence."

After Ye Chen said that, Bai Lingling's face showed difficulty; Ye Chen saw this and asked: "What's wrong?"

"Um... it's not that I actively go to absorb others' essence; rather, I can't control it, and when I'm unconscious I end up absorbing others' essence."

After Ye Chen heard Bai Lingling's words, his finger twitched slightly, and a layer of bright light instantly enveloped her.

"This way you won't be absorbing other people's vital energy."

Bai Lingling heard Ye Chen's words and beamed with joy.

Ye Chen saw this, shook his head lightly, and told Bai Lingling again: "During this time, don't frighten the people who go into Gui Wu; the timid ones are easily troubled."

"Okay, okay!"

Ye Chen knew Bai Lingling was just being playful; she was young, it was the age for play, and since no one who entered Gui Wu could see her, she was terribly lonely, which is why she scared people.

She didn't realize it was wrong; she just thought it was fun, couldn't distinguish right from wrong, and besides, she hadn't had a good education, and not actively sucking people's vital energy to cultivate herself was already her kindness.