Reborn as a True Heiress and Becomes a Boss

Chapter 27 Fierce Ghost
Yang Nianqing subtly erected a barrier around the three people using her spiritual power, instructing them to follow behind her. She then led them through the door, and the black, malevolent energy automatically avoided them.

"Where is that thing?" Yang Nianqing asked.

Huang Kaiping quickly pointed to the study and said, "It's in the safe in the study!"

I passed by the kitchen and saw it was a complete mess.

"you?"

Huang Kaiping said with embarrassment and lingering fear, "I've moved three times in the past few days and there have been three fires. I just haven't had time to clean up. I only brought this antique vase back and locked it up the day before yesterday."

Yang Nianqing nodded. It was fortunate that they hadn't come into contact with this thing in the past two days, otherwise it would have been even more difficult to deal with.

After passing through the kitchen, Yang Nianqing and the others arrived at the study. The malevolent energy here was indeed stronger. Yang Nianqing took the key handed to him by Huang Kaiping and opened the study door.

The moment the door opened and he saw the scene inside, Huang Kaiping screamed and fell to the floor. The safe had been damaged, the antique vase sat on the desk, and three figures surrounded it. The figures were shrouded in black mist, like people formed from fog. Their faces were indistinct, but their eyes flashed red—they were three manifested ghostly figures!

As if hearing Huang Kaiping's voice, the three ghostly figures turned their heads, their eyes, which had been flashing red light, suddenly gleaming. The ghostly figures roared in unison, "The blue and white dragon-patterned vase is mine! You! You're asking for death!" With that, the three ghostly figures pounced on Huang Kaiping.

"Ah! Help! Master!" Huang Kaiping scrambled to his feet and hid in terror behind Yang Nianqing.

The ghostly figures crashed into the spiritual energy barrier set up by Yang Nianqing and were bounced back. Accompanying the sizzling sound of spiritual energy corroding the evil energy were their sharp cries.

Yang Nianqing and the others covered their ears; the ghost's screams sounded like sharp needles piercing their ears.

Yang Nianqing froze, staring blankly at the three ghostly figures. Although she had left the secret realm and met many people, even telling fortunes and exorcising evil spirits for them, this was the first time she had ever seen ghosts. It would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid; after all, before her rebirth, she had been a scientific materialist.

Yang Nianqing swallowed hard and couldn't help but silently recite the core socialist values ​​in her mind: prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness. After reciting it several times, she felt calmer. She took out several talismans to subdue the ghostly figures, but before she could even move, the three figures were already locked in combat, tearing at each other. They were muttering, "The dragon-patterned bottle is mine."

"What's wrong with them?" Fan Ruichen asked in confusion, pulling Yang Nianqing behind him and shielding her in front of him.

“As far as I know, vengeful spirits have a habit of eating their own kind. Ghosts are, in other words, souls. You could say that humans have essence, energy, and spirit, and so do ghosts; ghosts are originally the transformations of people after death. If a ghost is injured and its essence, energy, and spirit are damaged, then it will definitely want to replenish that. When you are a human, you can obtain your essence, energy, and spirit through food or other things, but ghosts, apart from cultivating, absorbing the yang energy of humans, or obtaining rare and precious materials, can only recover quickly by devouring their own kind.” Yang Nianqing recalled what Gu Lang had taught her, summarized, and then said, “And the reason why people become vengeful spirits is also related to their cause of death. For example, violent death or wrongful death can very likely turn a dead person into a vengeful spirit.”

Seeing the three ghostly figures continuously devouring each other, gradually merging into one, Yang Nianqing frowned and said, "Generally, if someone is obsessed with something in life, they will also care about it after death. These three ghostly figures probably died because of fighting over this antique. That's why they have a special hatred for whoever obtained the Dragon Pattern Bottle."

Yang Nianqing then looked at Huang Kaiping and said, "It seems you're still quite lucky. You're just a little unlucky; at least you haven't become one of them yet." Huang Kaiping: ...

At this moment, the three vengeful ghosts finished their battle, and the three ghostly figures merged into one. As if the black mist had dispersed somewhat, his figure became clearer, and it was now clearly visible that he was a middle-aged man. The vengeful ghost slowly turned around.

Huang Kaiping couldn't help but gasp. The ghost's head was dented and its face was covered in bloodstains, as if it had been beaten to death with a stick. Its entire head was deformed.

The space quieted down, and it seemed that you could hear Yang Nianqing and the other two breathing. In the distance, the whistling of cars speeding by on the road and the honking of horns could be heard.

The ghost coldly curled into a cruel smile. Yang Nianqing couldn't help but tighten her grip on Fan Ruichen's hand. After devouring its own kind, the ghost seemed to have regained some of its senses.

"You all must die too!" Li Gui roared, charging towards Yang Nianqing and the others. He had never been a good person in life, and after being murdered, his ferocity intensified. Now, having regained some of his senses, his heart was consumed by a bloodthirsty desire. He only wanted all the living people before him to die and become their souls for him to devour.

Yang Nianqing was still inexperienced; the vengeful ghost had already rushed in front of her. She subconsciously forgot the talisman she held and tried to pull Fan Ruichen back. But it seemed there wasn't enough time.

Fan Ruichen instinctively wanted to back away when he saw the ghostly figure rushing towards him, but then he remembered that Yang Nianqing was behind him. If he hid, the vengeful ghost might harm Yang Nianqing. Thinking of this, Fan Ruichen's eyes sharpened instantly, and his head throbbed. But the vengeful ghost stopped, as if it had been frozen in place.

The space fell silent once more, and Yang Nianqing saw that the vengeful ghost had truly stopped. However, Fan Ruichen seemed to be acting strangely. He was still staring intently at the vengeful ghost, and soon his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"Ah Chen, what's wrong?" Yang Nianqing asked anxiously, gripping Fan Ruichen's arm tightly.

Fan Ruichen didn't answer, but then blood began to slowly seep from his face. Seeing this, Yang Nianqing became even more anxious.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Ruichen staggered, and the vengeful ghost followed suit.

The vengeful ghost raised its hand, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Its fingernails instantly grew three inches long and slashed down at Yang Nianqing.

Fan Ruichen held Yang Nianqing protectively in his arms, then focused his attention on the vengeful ghost again, which instantly froze. Yang Nianqing then realized that the ghost seemed to be under Fan Ruichen's control. However, he might not be able to hold on for long; this was causing significant damage to his body, and blood began to seep from his facial features again.

Yang Nianqing forced herself to calm down and instantly replaced the exorcising talisman in her hand with a purple thunder talisman. She tossed the talisman into the air, and it landed steadily in front of her. She quickly formed a hand seal and shouted at the vengeful ghost, "Thunder breaks the spell! Go!"

Thunder roared, and a bolt of purple lightning struck the vengeful ghost from nowhere, instantly obliterating it and shattering the blue-and-white dragon-patterned vase.

(End of this chapter)