tional master, so if his son were to拜master, it would make sense for him to拜Masters Tang or Liu. But to拜their disciples would be a demotion in status, hence the confusion.Masters Tang, Liu, and Zhou a...Chapter 312: Don't Mess Around

As for these staff members, when they saw the girl's face clearly at this moment—especially her eyes painted with black makeup—their tears formed dark streaks on her pale face. The stark contrast between the darkness and whiteness was even more terrifying under the subway carriage lights.

Thus, upon seeing the girl’s face in a split second, they stopped dead in their tracks, unwilling to take another step forward, especially after recalling what had just happened. No matter how hard they tried to catch her back then, they couldn't succeed; sometimes it felt like they had caught her but when they looked again, she was already running far away.

At first, due to the urgency of time, none of them thought about these things. But as soon as they saw this long-haired woman's face just now, everything came flooding back to them, causing the staff members who were rushing forward to suddenly stop and hesitate, looking at each other without daring to move.

"Save me........... Please save me.........."

The woman sitting in the middle of the tracks saw that these staff members had stopped moving forward and immediately panicked, crying out to them for help.

"This........." Although they heard her cries for help and wanted to go over to help her up, seeing her appearance made them hesitate and dare not move closer.

"Are you......... human.......... or a ghost..........." The staff members looked at this long-haired woman with great caution, asking carefully.

"I am human...... I am human......... I...... I am not a ghost.......... " Hearing the staff members' question, she immediately thought of her own appearance and choked out to them.

After hearing what the woman said, the staff members finally calmed down and slowly walked towards her.

The ghosts around saw Xiao Yu destroying the possessed girl's ghost soul as well as breaking the illusory scene they had created in just a moment, their faces immediately filled with suspicion as they stared at him.

"I'll tell you, stay out of it!"

Seeing that these staff members were about to help the long-haired girl, the ghosts became frantic and shouted at Xiao Yu.

They're not done playing around yet, so why would they casually let this girl go If they want to encounter someone like her again in the future, who knows when that will happen So now that they've encountered her, they have to play their game thoroughly before letting her leave.

Although these ghosts know that Xiao Yu is very powerful, since there are so many of them, they don't take him seriously. At this moment, seeing the staff members about to help the girl up, all the ghosts get anxious and rush towards the staff.

Xiao Yu sees them still trying to attack the staff in front of him, his expression darkens slightly. He also finds it amusing that despite him breaking two things with just one hand, they haven't sensed anything special about him.

As these ghosts rush towards the staff members, Xiao Yu flicks his fingers with both hands, sending invisible waves toward them. Before the ghosts can reach the staff, the invisible waves from Xiao Yu hit them, causing them to scream in pain upon impact.

The screaming ghosts look around and see all their fellow ghosts being hit by Xiao Yu and screaming in pain. They begin to feel fear.

Even though Xiao Yu instantly expelled the possessing ghost and destroyed their illusion earlier, making them realize he's quite formidable, they still don't take him seriously because of their numbers. But now they know that quantity doesn't determine everything.

"Y-you... What do you want"

Lying on the ground, these ghosts keep rolling and screaming in pain. Upon seeing Xiao Yu approaching them, they panic and shout at him.

"Sending you to where you belong!"

Xiao Yu answers back as he waves his hands lightly, causing the scattered Yin煞 (Yin evil) energy around him to gather and envelop all the ghosts. The ghosts wrapped in Yin煞 energy seem to be held by an invisible hand, slowly floating in the air.

Earlier, Xiao Yu observed this area and noticed that this tunnel seems to pass through a Yin cave; these ghosts couldn't enter the underworld because they were inside the Yin cave.

In addition, these ghosts dare not leave the range of the Yin cave, as leaving would make them sense danger. Staying here makes them feel safe, so they remain within this area.

Xiao Yu carries these ghosts into deeper parts of the tunnel. After walking about twenty meters, Xiao Yu feels the temperature around him suddenly rise, indicating that he has left the Yin cave's range.

Xiao Yu, although a ghostly spirit, could still sense everything around his physical body. His five senses in the state of a ghost were even more acute than when he had a physical form.

When Xiao Yu saw that they had already left the cave of yin energy, he dispersed the gathered malevolent qi. The ghosts wrapped by this qi instantly fell to the ground once it no longer supported them.

Before these ghosts could hit the ground, a black vortex suddenly appeared in midair. As soon as the vortex formed, several iron chains made of dark mist extended out from it and tightly bound all the ghosts within moments.

The ghosts, once ensnared by the chains, let out a cry before being pulled into the black vortex and disappearing. The black vortex then vanished with a loud boom in the tunnel after they disappeared.

Xiao Yu turned to see that the staff had carried the long-haired girl to the platform. Xiao Yu's ghostly spirit flashed away and reappeared inside the train car, while his physical body remained seated as if asleep.

Xiao Yu’s ghostly spirit slowly approached his physical form, eventually merging with it.

When his physical body and ghostly spirit were fully merged, Xiao Yu, who had been sitting like he was sleeping, gradually opened his eyes.

As Xiao Yu looked out the window upon opening his eyes, the staff were just guiding that girl dressed up as a ghost past outside his seat.

The girl happened to turn and look at him when she saw Xiao Yu.

In her eyes was a clear flicker of surprise. She distinctly remembered this person; he had been the one on the train who warned her not to play with these things casually. At that time, she hadn't paid much attention, but after what just happened, even if someone offered her, she likely wouldn’t want it anymore.

Watching as the staff escorted the girl away, Xiao Yu thought to himself, "I hope she won't mess around with this sort of thing again in the future. These things aren't something that anyone can casually toy with; they might bring disasters upon you at any time."

The subway car started moving slowly once everyone had boarded, and this trip was delayed by twenty minutes.

People on board couldn’t stop talking about it, but as the train began to move again, things gradually quieted down.

After this incident, Xiao Yu had gradually put aside the strange familiarity he felt when he was at the City God Temple. He knew that it wasn't something he could figure out now; perhaps one day, some of Zhong Kui’s memories that hadn’t yet been integrated with his own would provide him with an answer.

Xiao Yu didn't get off the subway and instead rode around in circles until he returned to where he had boarded. He had originally planned on thoroughly exploring Zhonghai, but it seemed like he wouldn’t be able to do that now. Until he understood where this strange sense of familiarity came from, he likely wouldn’t venture elsewhere in Zhonghai.

Xiao Yu got off the subway and walked back to his hotel without delay.

He ate something at the hotel’s restaurant before beginning meditation, not daring to let his guard down for even a moment.

As time passed, the sky began to darken. Since Xiao Yu had nothing else to do, he went to eat in the dining hall again. The hotel's restaurant occupied three floors of the building.

Xiao Yu went up to the second floor and sat down at a random spot to have his meal. This place was quite good and had a high occupancy rate despite it being early evening.

After finishing his meal, Xiao Yu didn’t waste any time but left right away for his room; he figured that Old Ma’s family should be arriving soon, and Li Jie would likely come here quickly as well.

Xiao Yu was sitting on the sofa when he heard someone knocking at the door.

He stood up from the couch, walked to the door, and opened it. Standing there was Li Jie, who had taken over Wang Shanshan's body.

"You're here..." Xiao Yu said as he looked at Li Jie standing in front of the door.

"Yes, Doctor Xiao," Li Jie responded. "I live right across from you. If anything happens or during your treatment sessions, just call me!"

Li Jie then lowered her head and opened the opposite room’s door before entering.

Xiao Yu didn't say a word to the woman who had only briefly appeared at his door; he simply closed it behind him and sat back on the sofa, waiting for Old Ma's family to arrive. over this thirty-something-year-old man However, due to his already painful arm, the collision caused him to stagger, hence resulting in Xiao Jingru pushing the young man back a step."I'm fine. Old F...