Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

"Is this how you ask for help? You try to scare people first? You've really lived long enough to see all sorts of things."

Shen Nian's words were laced with sarcasm.

The female ghost lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, my request is urgent. I only intended to take you away, but I didn't expect them to come in as well."

It's likely because Gu Yuncheng and Gu Qiwen happened to come looking for her and entered the Ghost Realm.

"What is it that you are asking for?"

"I beg you... to save Shen Yingchuan."

Shen Nianqi said, "So you didn't come here to seek revenge? I thought you were here to collect a debt because of the emotional entanglement between you two."

This female ghost had been causing trouble in the Shen family for two days, frightening many servants. One servant even hanged herself. She even almost killed Shen Yingjia. No matter how you look at it, it seemed like she was seeking revenge against the Shen family.

Why are they asking her to save Shen Yingchuan now?

The female ghost remained silent for a moment.

"It is true that he has let me down."

"But I still can't bear to watch him die like that."

Gu Yuncheng was completely confused: "What is all this about?"

Shen Nian scoffed, "You're quite the romantic one."

"However, there are conditions to making a deal with me. I'll help you save people, what will you give me in return?"

The female ghost looked up blankly: "But isn't he your brother?"

"Isn't it only right that you save your own brother?"

Shen Nian reached out and pinched her chin, smiling slightly, "Don't you want your tongue anymore? Don't you know what you should and shouldn't say? Are you... trying to blackmail me?"

"I'm not going to save you, what can you do about it?"

She waved her hand, and the female ghost was slammed against the wall behind her like a kite with a broken string.

"If you want me to save him, produce something that interests me, instead of constantly telling me what I should do. Who do you think you are, to presume to teach me how to do things?"

The female ghost's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and she turned her head to spit out a mouthful of black blood.

Shen Nian said coldly, "Take it back, or I'll cut your tongue off and use it as a rag."

The next moment, the bloodstains on the ground disappeared.

The female ghost, barely breathing, pleaded, "Immortal Lord, I misspoke. Please save him."

"I have what you're looking for."

"...What am I looking for?"

Shen Nian narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced at her.

What she was looking for was only a wordless book.

The female ghost carefully took off the jade bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Shen Nian.

"I can sense a similar aura on the Immortal Lord, which should be what the Immortal Lord is looking for."

The jade bracelet was made of dark jade and was imbued with ghostly energy, making it extremely cold to the touch.

Shen Nian sensed a trace of the Heavenly Book.

Very faint.

It was mostly obscured by ghostly energy, so she couldn't detect it immediately.

The next moment, the jade bracelet suddenly shattered inch by inch, and a faint wisp of light entered Shen Nian's palm.

It is undoubtedly a book written in the heavens.

"I'll accept the things, and I'll save the person."

Shen Nian straightened her clothes, stood up, and raised her hand to open the gate to the underworld.

Leaving behind the words "I'll be right back," Shen Nian disappeared with the female ghost, leaving Gu Yuncheng and Gu Qiwen stunned in place.

Shen Nian and the female ghost appeared in Shen Yingchuan's bedroom.

Shen Yingchuan remained unconscious, his face pale and surrounded by wisps of gray-black aura.

Shen Nian stepped forward, swiftly and decisively pulled out the protective amulet from his chest, crushed it into a piece of wood chips.

Shen Yingchuan's complexion returned to normal somewhat.

She then channeled her spiritual energy into Shen Yingchuan's acupoints one by one, similar to what she did when saving Old Madam Gu, completely dispelling the Yin energy within his body.

"alright."

Shen Nian withdrew her hand.

Shen Yingchuan's situation was critical, mainly because he took the blame for Shen Yingwei's misfortune.

Adding to the misfortune caused by the wooden plaque, one's luck is low, and one encounters calamity.

He was unable to wake up for a long time.

"As long as he doesn't bring those kinds of random things with him again, it'll be fine."

Shen Nian said calmly.

"I've saved him. What do you want to do next?"

The female ghost lowered her head and whispered, "I don't know either."

Shen Yingchuan wronged her, and she refused to reincarnate, remaining in the mortal realm in order to find his reincarnation and take revenge on him.

But when she actually saw him, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

For a moment, she didn't know what to do.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. But what's the story with that maid?"

Shen Nian said.

The white-clad female ghost quickly explained, "That maid had already committed a sin of murder; I didn't kill her."

Rather, she deserved it.

Shen Nian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

If someone who has not done anything wrong is tainted by evil spirits, at most they will have a few days of bad luck and lose some money.

However, if a truly wicked person gets involved, sudden death or mental breakdown are common occurrences.

The maid probably mistook the female ghost for someone she had killed, and in fear, she committed suicide.

"Alright, but let me remind you—humans and ghosts are different. Staying by his side will not benefit either of you. If you don't intend to take revenge, you should go to the underworld and be reincarnated as soon as possible."

Shen Nian didn't want the person to fall into a coma again after she had just saved them.

"I know."

The female ghost spoke slowly.

"I'll stay with him one more night, and I'll leave tomorrow. I won't stay long."

Shen Nian nodded, raised her hand to open the black iron door, and left Shen Yingchuan's room.

Shen Yingchuan felt as if he had just had a long dream.

The first dream seemed to take place in ancient times.

He was a scholar traveling to the capital for the imperial examinations, and he fell in love with a courtesan.

A courtesan supported his studies for the imperial examinations, and he promised to return home and marry her after passing the exams.

He did very well in the exam and became the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination. His Majesty wanted to bestow a princess upon him.

He said he already had a wife at home and couldn't be ungrateful, but then he learned that the courtesan had died suddenly.

He thought she had contracted a sudden illness, but little did he know that the princess's trusted guards had rushed to Jiangnan overnight and poisoned the woman with a cup of wine.

In the second dream, it seemed to be set in the Republic of China era, and he was a young master who had returned from studying abroad.

His family arranged a marriage for him with the daughter of a family friend, but he had already fallen in love with his childhood sweetheart, the daughter of the family's steward, and they agreed to marry each other when he returned from studying abroad.

However, his family naturally disapproved of the marriage.

He wanted to elope with his childhood sweetheart and head south to do business, but they were intercepted by his family on the way.

They first tricked him, then told the woman in charge that he had already agreed to marry a family friend, and that his wedding photos had already been published in the newspaper.

In despair, the manager's daughter jumped off the train tracks and committed suicide.

These two dreams filled Shen Yingchuan with an indescribable sorrow.

The "he" in the dream always seemed innocent and unaware.

But is this really the case?

It's true that he was unaware of the situation, and it's also true that he received tangible benefits.

Because he was unaware of the situation, he didn't have to feel any guilt and could live a smooth and wealthy life.

"Brother, you're awake?"

Shen Yingchuan snapped out of his daze and looked at Shen Yingwei and Master Liaochen standing in front of his bed.

"Master, did you save me?"

Shen Yingwei's eyes were red: "Brother, you scared us to death last night. Master said that if he had come any later, you wouldn't have made it back."

Actually, that's not the case. If they had arrived any later, Shen Yingchuan's injuries would have been fully healed thanks to Shen Nian's treatment.

"What's wrong with me?"

Shen Yingchuan said, "A female ghost has latched onto you, but don't worry, brother. With Master here, we've already laid a trap, and we'll definitely catch that ghost!"