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Shen Jingshu's mind stirred. An ordinary person would probably be terrified at the sight of this scene, but he not only showed no fear, but also wanted to see it with his own eyes.

She couldn't help but ask softly, "Aren't you afraid?"

"With you here, I'm not afraid."

"Since you want to see, I will help you open your third eye."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Jingshu put two fingers together, a wisp of extremely faint spiritual energy gathering at the fingertips, and gently swept it across Lu Jingxing's eyes.

The surrounding scenery appeared largely unchanged, but Lu Jingxing felt a slight clearing in his vision, and the chilling aura around him became clearly discernible. The next second, he clearly saw the young male ghost floating opposite them.

The male ghost was about 1.85 meters tall, with a handsome and sunny appearance, but he was surrounded by a layer of hazy yin energy, and his body was semi-transparent.

Noticing Lu Jingxing's gaze fixed on him, the male ghost was startled, his illusory form trembling slightly: "Wow! You're a Taoist master? You can even open the eyes of ordinary people to see me!"

"No wonder this young lady was able to sense my presence; it turns out you are from the Xuanmen sect."

Shen Jingshu interrupted his musings calmly: "Enough with the nonsense. State your name and tell me why you're lingering here and refusing to enter reincarnation?"

My name was Guan Yu. I passed away just after graduating from university, at the age of twenty-two. Five years have passed since then.

When asked about his ordeal, the male ghost sounded bewildered. "I can't even remember how I got trapped here. I only vaguely remember coming to this haunted house with someone, and then what happened next—my mind is completely blank. When I regained consciousness, I was already a wandering ghost. The reason I can't leave is because my remains are still hidden in this haunted house; the soul can't stray too far from the body. I've tried to walk out, but I can't even step outside the haunted house's boundaries."

Shen Jingshu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

It is likely that he suffered a great shock or encountered an unacceptable change before his death, which damaged his soul and caused him to forget all his memories of the time of death.

She spoke: "You're just missing a part of your soul. Do you want to regain your lost memories?"

Guan Yu's eyes lit up, and he eagerly asked, "Master, is there any way to help me remember why I died here?"

"It's not difficult."

Shen Jingshu condensed a wisp of gentle merit power at her fingertips and gently sent it into Guan Yu's soul.

The moment the power of merit surged into the illusory figure, his thin and fleeting soul visibly solidified. But the next second, a sharp pain swept over him, and Guan Yu clutched his head in agony, the illusory figure curling up and crouching down.

After a moment of agony, he slowly straightened up, his eyes no longer vacant, and all the fragmented images of the past came flooding back.

He bowed deeply to Shen Jingshu: "Thank you, Master. I remember everything."

Now that you remember, let's explain in detail. What is your deepest obsession? Tell me, and I'll help you resolve it. After fulfilling your wish, you can peacefully go to the underworld to be reincarnated.

Guan Yu's soul trembled slightly, his tone both indignant and sorrowful: "Master, I only ask one thing of you, please call the police for me."

Five years ago, as he was about to graduate from university, this amusement park had just been completed and opened to the public. Young people naturally prefer these exciting and novel attractions, and Guan Yu had already made plans to meet his girlfriend Qingqing, whom he had been dating for over a year, here for their opening day.

However, when his roommate Qi Lei found out, he suggested coming along. Guan Yu felt a little awkward; it was a rare opportunity for him to go on a date with his girlfriend alone, and having another third wheel would be inconvenient. But Qingqing didn't seem to mind at all, laughing and saying that it would be more lively with more people.

Since his girlfriend didn't object, Guan Yu didn't say anything more. He and Qi Lei got along well as roommates, so he agreed.

The three of them spent the entire day chatting and laughing at the amusement park, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Before they knew it, dusk had fallen, the visitors gradually dispersed, and most of the staff prepared to pack up. Guan Yu suggested it was time to head back, but Qingqing and Qi Lei insisted in unison that they wanted to go into the haunted house.

With his girlfriend on one side and his close friend on the other, both were in high spirits, and Guan Yu really didn't want to spoil their fun.

However, he was naturally a bit timid and had been afraid of such eerie and terrifying places since childhood, so he had to compromise and decide to wait outside the haunted house while the two of them went in together.

He waited outside for a good ten minutes, but the haunted house remained quiet, and the two people never came out. His unease grew stronger, and despite his fear, Guan Yu gritted his teeth, braced himself, and pushed open the door to go into the haunted house to look for them.

At that time, the haunted house didn't have any NPC actors, only various props and sets. As Guan Yu walked in, he gradually realized that these man-made horror decorations weren't actually as scary as he had imagined. But Qingqing and Qi Lei were nowhere to be seen, which made his unease grow stronger.

He walked slowly along the passage until he reached a fork in the road. The passage on the right was blocked off with a prominent sign: "No Entry, Undeveloped Area." Guan Yu originally intended to take the normal passage on the left, but he faintly heard a strange noise coming from the blocked-off area on the right.

Although Guan Yu was timid, his curiosity couldn't suppress his fear. He glanced at the seal prohibiting entry, hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped over the barrier.

The deeper one ventures into the sealed-off area, the clearer and more ambiguous the faint sounds become.

Guan Yu was no longer an ignorant teenager. Four years of university had given him a thorough understanding of human relationships and social dynamics. He instantly realized that this was not ordinary playful fighting, but rather an extremely intimate and indescribable exchange between a man and a woman.

He subconsciously scoffed to himself, wondering where these two illicit lovers had come from, so bold as to dare to meet in the depths of a deserted, undeveloped haunted house. They were utterly shameless.

An embarrassing and awkward thought arose in his mind, and he immediately turned around, intending to leave as soon as possible, pretending that he had never heard or seen anything, so as to avoid adding to the embarrassment.

But just as he lifted his foot, a charming, panting female voice drifted over and clearly entered his ears.

With just one tone, Guan Yu's body suddenly froze on the spot, his blood instantly freezing.

He knew that voice all too well.

It's Qingqing!

She was his girlfriend of over a year, gentle and considerate, who accompanied him every day!

After a year of living together day and night, and countless tender moments spent together, her voice had long been etched into his very bones, and he could not possibly have misheard it even slightly.

Thunderstruck!

A profound sense of shock and absurdity instantly overwhelmed him.