Chapter 18

“Ah!”

Suddenly, the room became dark . The candles and torches had been blown out, and Su Yingying shouted in fright .

Unconsciously, she grabbed Mu Yi’s arm .

Mu Yi’s hair bristled . He immediately put his hand in his bag and took out an evil spirit slaying charm .

However, nothing else happened after that gust of wind . The atmosphere became calm again, and Mu Yi could just hear the two others breathe loudly next to him .

They were terrified .

The wind had turned off the two torches, which were supposed to stay lit even in the wind since they were enclosed . However, something still extinguished the fires, which induced fear in their hearts .

Mu Yi tried to be one with his surroundings . Apart from the strange wind, what else could there be? Mu Yi put his hand in his bag again and looked for his copper lamp .

The old man had given him the copper lamp . The old man told him that it was a precious treasure back then, but Mu Yi never took him seriously because nothing ever happened when he used it .

Even though Mu Yi didn’t know how to use it, he still carried it around, and after taking the copper lamp out, he lit it .

A small, steady flame appeared . Even though it couldn’t illuminate the whole room, it still made Su Yingying and Su Jinlun feel better .

After lighting the copper lamp, Mu Yi put it on the window . Despite the strong wind, especially by the window, the lamp didn’t go out .

Su Jinlun first waited for a few minutes, then when he saw nothing happen, he lit the other torches in the room again .

But after Su Jinlun lit the torches and candles, a cold wind blew again . The torch flames flickered and went out, but this time, one lamp didn’t go out, and it was precisely the one Mu Yi had put on the window .

Outside in the courtyard, the wind was blowing normally . But when it approached the copper lamp, nothing happened . Actually, the flame of the copper lamp even intensified as if it was being challenged .

Mu Yi remained motionless and stared at the copper lamp . He wasn’t disappointed and started believing that the old Taoist priest might not have been a crook after all . The lamp was a really valuable treasure . It seemed to be a precious item used to resist evil yin energy and could be useful in dealing with ghosts .

The copper lamp’s flame didn’t go out, so Mu Yi didn’t hesitate . He took the lamp in his left hand and an evil spirit slaying charm in his right hand before walking towards a wardrobe .

When Su Yingying and Su Jinlun saw Mu Yi move, they were worried and looked towards the wardrobe .

Mu Yi slowly opened it, the two others’ hearts felt as if they were going to explode, they were beating so fast .

“Bzzz!”

Even though Mu Yi had prepared himself, when he saw a small silhouette crouching in a corner of the wardrobe, his heart started pounding violently . His bones felt like they were going to freeze .

It was a three or four-year-old child . She was extremely pale, had two braids, and wore an old-fashioned skirt . She was crouching in a corner of the wardrobe and had her fists clenched . She looked extremely scared and sad but also looked pure and innocent .

When the little girl saw Mu Yi, she moved further in the darkness and looked terrified .

Mu Yi gulped and forced himself to calm down, but his heart wouldn’t listen and started beating even faster . His hands were shaking .

“Big brother, do you want to catch me?” the little girl said when Mu Yi didn’t know what to do . However, for some reason, Su Yingying and Su Jinlun didn’t seem to have seen or heard the little girl .

“Why are you here?” Mu Yi asked, trying to calm down . He also spoke in a gentle way .

When Mu Yi talked, Su Yingying and Su Jinlun looked at him, their flesh was crawling . Mu Yi was talking, but he alone, the wardrobe was empty . It was extremely strange .

“It’s my house,” the little girl said . She sounded honest with no hint of evil .

“Your house?” If she was the little girl who had fallen ill and died, then this was indeed her house and Mu Yi was the stranger . Now, she was asking him if he wanted to capture her .

Back then, the Su Clan had invited many Taoist priests and Buddhist monks to come . The little girl was frightened, so she scared them away . She definitely wasn’t evil, so maybe, the old woman’s condition was due to other things .

When Mu Yi thought about that, he calmed down . He couldn’t kill a cute little girl who didn’t even look like a ghost .

“Brother, you want to play with me?” the little girl asked when she saw that Mu Yi didn’t look mean .

“Alright, but first tell me your name,” Mu Yi said while nodding .

“My name is Nian Nuer (meaning: forgotten slave girl),” the little girl said .

“Nian Nuer? You chose that name?” Mu Yi asked .

He didn’t know that Su Yingying and Su Jinlun were scared to death behind him and shivering in fear .

“No, my mother said that my grandfather chose that nickname for me,” Nian Nuer said while crawling out of the wardrobe . She stretched her little hand to Mu Yi .

“Your grandfather?” Mu Yi asked . It was the first time he had heard something about Su Chongshan . He was curious .

At that moment, Nian Nuer approached him . Mu Yi didn’t sense any danger .

Unconsciously, he moved his hand towards hers . Nian Nuer quickly reacted as she transformed . She grew in size, becoming green-faced and long-toothed . All in all, she looked terrifying, and her little hands had turned into long claws .

Mu Yi was startled and knew that it was too late to dodge, and he didn’t have time to throw his evil spirit slaying charm either .

However, in the blink of an eye, the flame of his copper lamp became gigantic and illuminated Nian Nuer .

“Ah!”