I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 57 Bad News_1

Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Bad News_1

You glanced at Wu Qiyi, and with a slight nod from her, following several attempts at persuasion, the ghost finally revealed the truth.

"My name is Meng Lu, and I died in a car accident three years ago. Because I had unfinished wishes, I avoided the Ghost and didn’t enter the Underworld. Later, a Taoist took control of me, ordering me to guard this place and scare anyone who enters the teaching building..."

Meng Lu’s past wasn’t long, and she didn’t seem to want to say too much, brushing it off with a few simple sentences. However, it was clear that due to her hatred for the Taoist who had been deceiving her, she deliberately told you everything she knew about him.

"I don’t know his name, but he asked me to call him Young Head Taoist Liang, and he said he was from Mount Longhu."

"That’s impossible. Ever since a major incident occurred at Mount Longhu twenty years ago, they have been extremely strict with their disciples, especially concerning raising the dead and exorcising ghosts. If discovered, they not only strip them of their powers but may even imprison them until death."

Upon hearing Wei Shuxian’s words, Yang Kai couldn’t help but pat his shoulder and say, "Glasses, you know so much about Mount Longhu’s rules. Could it be that you are from there too? Roar, it turns out you’ve been hiding your strength all this time."

Giving Yang Kai an annoyed glance: "I wish I had those skills, then I wouldn’t have to be scared with you guys. I have an aunt who is a disciple of Mount Longhu. She comes back home every two years, and she mentioned this last year when chatting with my parents."

"How old is this Young Taoist Liang, and what does he look like?" you asked.

"He doesn’t look very old, around your age, and his appearance is average. Oh, his eyes are quite narrow, single-lidded, and he has a slight overbite."

After all, girls tend to pay more attention to people’s appearances. You continued asking, "Height, clothing, and accent?"

"He’s about as tall as your chubby friend here, dresses quite simply, and I’ve never seen him in Taoist robes; his accent is indistinguishable."

You turned to remind everyone, "From now on, pay close attention to anyone matching this description, but of course, don’t let him detect anything. The main thing is to avoid conflict with him."

Seeing everyone nod, you continued questioning Meng Lu, "What exactly is trapped in that multimedia classroom?"

"It’s resentful Qi, the resentful Qi of those elementary school students. Young Taoist Liang discovered this place by accident and set up a Formation outside the classroom. He said that in another half month, he could completely eliminate the resentful Qi, but..."

Meng Lu hesitated, and you picked up her sentence, "But you’ve noticed that instead of diminishing, the resentful Qi is becoming more concentrated, right?"

"Not just that, I vaguely feel that something must have happened inside, but Young Taoist Liang’s Formation is strong, and I can’t get in."

Nodding slightly, you said to Meng Lu, "One last question, besides you and this zombie, did that Young Taoist Liang arrange for any other guards?"

"No, this zombie was also sent here by Young Taoist Liang half a month ago."

"It seems the work ahead will be up to us." Turning towards the deep corridor, you saw a flicker of dark Qi through your left eye, and your intuition told you that what awaited you was not going to be pleasant.

To go or not to go?

You hesitated.

Under normal circumstances, if it were just you alone, you’d walk over without a second thought. But now with a whole group of people with you, if something were to go wrong, not only could you not bear the responsibility, but the guilt would haunt you for a lifetime.

"Are you worried about us?"

Wu Qiyi saw through your thoughts and asked in a calm tone.

You nodded. "Without this so-called Young Taoist Liang, eliminating the children’s resentful Qi would be relatively simple. But this person, who I have never met, gives off a sinister vibe. He wouldn’t have set up two barriers here unless the resentful Qi was extraordinary."

"What’s there to fear? Surely, we, more than a dozen living adults, won’t be controlled by children’s resentful Qi?" Liao Yong said with bravado.

Wei Shuxian nodded, clearly agreeing with your concerns: "Old Shu is right to be cautious. We might seem numerous, but in truth, only Old Shu has real ability. To put it bluntly, if something really happens, we’d just be burdens to him."

"Mm." Xiao Feng nodded. "How about we just wait here?"

"I agree," Yang Kai chimed in.

"No, you can’t stay here."

To be honest, if not for the promise you made to that man, you would probably have left without looking back.

Seeing everyone’s puzzled and bewildered gazes, you didn’t answer right away. Instead, you took a backpack from Zong Wangyue’s hands, pulling out several stacks of Talisman Paper.

Then, right on the spot, you lifted the Vermilion pen and swiftly drew sixty-four Talismans, afterwards handing them to Xiao Feng: "Remember the Innate Bagua Formation we used to play with when we were kids, taught by my mom?"

Xiao Feng nodded, his expression growing solemn, for not only did he remember how to play, he knew all too well that this time you were serious!

You glanced at the multimedia classroom down the deep corridor, then turned to Xiao Feng and said, "This school’s building is ’concave’-shaped; think of it as a cube. Set up the Talisman Formation in the positions of the Nine Palaces Bagua, and after you’re done, signal me with a flashlight from downstairs, then take everyone out beyond the walls."

"I don’t want to, Brother Mu Yun, I want to stay with you," Lin Panxia pleaded, tugging at your hand.

You affectionately patted Lin Panxia’s shoulder, smiling, "This place is too dangerous for you. You and the others go first. I’ll take you to have fun another time, okay?"

Although Lin Panxia wasn’t happy, she could only agree: "Alright then."

"Be careful," Xiao Feng came forward and hugged you.

"Don’t act like it’s a life-or-death farewell; I’m tough as nails," you said with a smile, playfully punching Xiao Feng on the shoulder.

However, what troubled you was that Wu Qiyi hadn’t left with Xiao Feng and the others.

She just stood by your side, neither too close nor too far, as if she was meant to be there, watching over you until the end of time.

After Xiao Feng and the others had gone downstairs, there was a moment of silence before both of you spoke at the same time, "I’m sorry."

You looked at her, and she looked at you, and the two of you fell silent again.

You hesitated, then mustered the courage to say, "I didn’t know it was you, I... I thought you would never come back."

Wu Qiyi just looked at you, and slowly, tears began to well up in her captivating, profound eyes.

The moment she cried, you panicked immediately.

Since childhood, you’ve been most afraid of girls crying, and the root of your fear was her.

When you were five years old, while playing, you encountered her. She was tied up inside a van by two thugs, and you risked your life to save her.

Then you became acquainted, fell in love.

Of course, as five-year-olds, perhaps you didn’t understand love or know what it was. Back then, all you knew was that being together was joyful.

You and she seemed to have endless topics to talk about. Although she often bullied you, you found it somewhat sweet to be bullied by her sometimes.

It wasn’t until now that you finally understood why on the first day of high school, from the first moment you saw her, you inexplicably fell for her. It turns out she was Er Ya from back then.

Er Ya was Wu Qiyi’s nickname, and also the name she told you. She said her name was Er Ya, and the only people who knew this name were her departed mother, her grandmother, and you were the third.

"Don’t cry, don’t cry. I apologize, I atone, it’s my fault—hey, Er Ya, please stop crying, would you?"

Hearing the familiar name after so many years, Wu Qiyi suddenly broke into laughter through her tears, giving you a sideways glare.

A beauty remains a beauty, even when rolling her eyes at you.

"Don’t call me Er Ya in the future."

"Oh, how about calling you Er Niu then?"

Wu Qiyi raised her right hand, and you immediately shrank your neck, laughing and backtracking; "Alright, alright, I won’t call you that."

After more than a decade, you didn’t expect that the scenes of your youth would replay again. It was just like this that you used to play and quarrel back then.

But Wu Qiyi didn’t speak; she just gazed at you intently.

You scratched your head. To tell the truth, when she was a child, Wu Qiyi wasn’t as beautiful as she is now, and back then, you didn’t even know what a beauty was. You just thought that Er Ya’s eyes were big and pretty.

"Um... these years... where have you been... why didn’t you... come back?"

You never found talking to be such an exhausting task, but when facing Wu Qiyi, it felt incredibly hard to utter even one additional word.

After a moment of silence, Wu Qiyi finally spoke, "I didn’t want to tell you, I just wanted to watch over you as a stranger, but I can’t help myself."

Her words jogged your memory; during high school, there was always a period each year when she was not at school, rumored to have gone abroad. As for what she was doing, no one knew.

She was a goddess, top of her class, so nobody paid attention to those details.

"I... got sick. On my sixth birthday, after I parted ways with you, they found out... but no doctor could identify the source. After leaving China, my grandmother took me around the world to see renowned doctors, yet no one knew the origin of the illness nor how to cure it."

Your eyes widened in shock, struggling to accept such a cruel reality, and you immediately asked, "Then... how are you now...?"

Wu Qiyi gently shook her head, her smile beautiful yet sorrowful like a white lotus in the wind, "After we separated, I constantly laid in bed, hardly able to move, until at fifteen I managed to stand up with the assistance of an old doctor, but..."

"But what!?"

Unconsciously, you were gripping Wu Qiyi’s hand tightly!

"Only that, I won’t live past twenty."

Boom!

It exploded!

Your entire mind seemed to burst open in an instant, the severe roaring making your spirit shudder! All senses lost!

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