"When I woke up, the first thing I saw was you!" Ye Fei said to Chen Hao, having already recounted to him and the other three every detail of his investigation over the past few days.

However, after hearing what Ye Fei said, Chen Hao and his group were more intrigued by Ye Fei himself than the string of disappearances happening one after another.

"Ye Fei, you said you placed a listening device on a police car, and eavesdropped on the conversations of the police!" Tang Jing said incredulously, "Didn't you say you're still a high school student? How come you sound like a criminal?"

"Your Qinggong is fast enough to keep up with a speeding car!" Xie Xiaofeng continued, his face full of amazement. "May I ask if you're a peerless master?"

Suddenly, an indescribable bitterness welled up in Ye Fei's throat, leaving him at a loss for words.

"Right," Chen Hao's eyes sparkled, "Ye Fei, didn't you say you are from City H? Then you must know about Campus Hero, right? Have you ever seen him? Or have you ever fought with him?"

"Uh!" The bitterness on Ye Fei's face grew stronger, because he had only just met Chen Hao and the others and couldn't reveal to them that he was in fact Campus Hero. After a long time, he could only manage a wry smile and say, "I've heard of Campus Hero, lately very popular in City H. But I've never seen him, nor fought with him."

"Oh!" Chen Hao nodded disappointingly, and then said, "With your Inner Strength, you should be on par with him, right?"

"Perhaps!" Ye Fei smiled, "Next time I have the chance, I will definitely seek him out for some advice."

"By the way, hasn't the Campus Heroine disappeared recently? I read online that lately only the Campus Hero has been making appearances, and the Campus Heroine seemed to have evaporated from the world. Many netizens are saying that the Campus Heroine encountered an ambush during an operation with the Campus Hero and unfortunately died, and everything Campus Hero has been doing is to avenge the Campus Heroine by rooting out a hidden crime syndicate," Tang Jing inquired.

"Uh!" Ye Fei twisted his mouth bitterly, "I'm not very clear, I don't pay much attention to that. Oh!"

A glint of light flashed through Ye Fei's eyes, and then he swiftly changed the subject, "Aren't you all Onmyoji? Could the pair of crimson eyes I saw in the water last night be something unclean?"

"Most likely!" Xie Xiaofeng said with a light laugh, "But according to your description, the modus operandi over the past couple of days seems different, it could be two types of unclean things. The person who drove the car into the river must have been entangled by a ghost, while what you encountered last night is still uncertain, might be a zombie, a fierce specter, or even a demon."

"Zombies! Fierce specter! Demons!" Ye Fei exclaimed in shock.

"Could these disappearance cases be related to the headless ghosts?" Chen Hao exclaimed. Then, his face changed from suspicion to certainty, he firmly said, "The headless ghosts we've seen must be the Yin Souls of those missing men! They were residents of Feishi Town in life, so they returned to Feishi Town from Wangu Town by instinct!"

"Headless ghosts?" Ye Fei was startled again, his eyes filled with horror and doubt.

Chen Hao's lips curved into a smile as he muttered a spell, then swept two fingers across in front of Ye Fei's eyes, and said, "Take a look down the river from the bridge and you'll understand."

"Hmm?" After hesitating for a second, Ye Fei got out of the car and walked to the edge of the bridge to look down into the river below. Shortly, he saw several headless ghosts floating on the slowly flowing surface of the river, which frightened him to a pale complexion. After being dazed for a long time, Ye Fei shook off his shock and returned to the car with a bewildered gaze.

Upon getting back into the car, the first thing Ye Fei said was, "So there really are ghosts in this world!"

"What else?" Tang Jing said with a light chuckle, "You thought all of us Onmyoji were just pretending to be supernatural, deceiving and swindling people?"

"Not exactly," Ye Fei clarified, his gaze still distant, "I had never seen one with my own eyes before, I'd only heard ghost stories from others. Seeing it now with my own eyes, it's just too unbelievable!"

"Ye Fei, take us to Wang Xi's house. When people die, their Yin Souls go back home for a last visit. If Wang Xi's Yin Soul hasn't returned, then it's very likely that these headless ghosts are the men who have mysteriously disappeared recently."

"Alright!" Ye Fei nodded.

Half an hour later.

With Ye Fei leading the way, the Exorcism Special Vehicle drove into Longyao Village and stopped at the entrance of the village.

Ye Fei stepped off the car, and immediately a forceful voice floated over, "Ye Fei, you've finally come back!"

"Master!" Ye Fei addressed the man standing under a withered tree at the entrance of the village, then quickly walked toward him.

"You didn't return all night yesterday; your master was very worried!"

At that moment, Chen Hao helped Ye Yuqiao out of the car. Instantly, he froze, exclaiming, "Master Liu Xiajun, it's you!"

The man whom Ye Fei called 'Master,' standing under the withered tree, was none other than Tang Chao's master, Liu Xiajun, who had dined with Chen Hao and the others not long ago.

"President Chen!" Liu Xiajun's face was also full of surprise, "How come you're here? And with Ye Fei, no less."

"Master Liu!" Tang Jing exclaimed in shock.

"Hm?" Ye Fei, standing in the middle of the group, looked bewilderedly from side to side, "So, everyone knows each other already?"

"Ye Fei, so you're my younger martial brother!" Tang Jing said.

"Ah!" Ye Fei's mouth dropped open in astonishment, "When did I get another senior brother?"

After saying this, Ye Fei turned his surprised gaze toward Liu Xiajun.

"It seems we are truly fated!" Liu Xiajun chuckled, "Let's go home and talk, please, this way!"

Subsequently, Liu Xiajun invited Chen Hao and his group of four into his home.

Once seated and served with tea, Liu Xiajun told Ye Fei about Tang Chao. Only then did Ye Fei realize he had another senior brother.

Next, Liu Xiajun asked Ye Fei about his whereabouts the previous night and how he later came across Chen Hao.

After Ye Fei finished explaining the ins and outs of the events, Liu Xiajun couldn't help but laugh and remark, "President Chen, it seems that we indeed have a predestined relationship!"

Nodding, Chen Hao replied with a light smile, "Master Liu, you are the elder, and I am the junior. If it doesn't bother you, just call me Haozi, like the other elders do."

"Mm! Haozi!"

"Eh! Master Liu!" Chen Hao responded brightly.

After another bout of smiling, Liu Xiajun's countenance suddenly turned grave, and he asked in a somewhat somber tone, "Haozi, is Wang Xi truly dead and has become the so-called headless ghost?"

"Whether he has become a headless ghost is yet to be determined, but it's likely he is dead," Chen Hao said.

"Oh, right!" Ye Fei's eyes sparkled with light, "Let me take you to Wang Xi's house to take a look."

"No need!" Chen Hao shook his head, then hesitantly added, "Wang Xi didn't come back, and I didn't... didn't smell the presence of any ghosts."

Although Chen Hao said this, he had actually used his Nether Vision to scan Wang Xi's house before entering the door and found no sign of any Yin Souls.

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